PB · Sousa immediate region

Bernardino Batista: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Bernardino Batista with 82.49% of valid votes against 17.51% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 64.97 points, 61.40 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −68.90pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,353; 196th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Bernardino Batista−64.97 pts
Paraíba−34.93 pts
Brazil−3.57 pts

Negative = left ahead; positive = right ahead.

Margin over time

Right − left margin in each election (the runoff where there was one), compared with Brazil's.

Every election

Year	Round	Candidates (% of valid votes)	Margin (right − left)	Bloc ahead	Turnout
2026 10/25/2026	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.49% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)17.51%	−64.97 pts	Left bloc	78.65%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.84% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)17.35% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.32% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.94% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.34% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.09% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−62.66 pts	Left bloc	75.19%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.85%	−70.30 pts	Left bloc	76.89%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.79% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.05% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.02% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.94% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−68.42 pts	Left bloc	77.24%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)87.23% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)12.77%	−74.47 pts	Left bloc	84.61%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.35% Ciro Gomes (PDT)36.14% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)9.34% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.93% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.77% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.31% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Marina Silva (REDE)0.00% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.00%	−77.28 pts	Left bloc	84.21%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)85.87% Aécio Neves (PSDB)14.13%	−71.74 pts	Left bloc	74.76%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.92% Marina Silva (PSB)13.72% Aécio Neves (PSDB)8.02% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.54% +4 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.54% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−82.79 pts	Left bloc	76.32%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.37% José Serra (PSDB)17.63%	−64.74 pts	Left bloc	79.00%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.04% José Serra (PSDB)13.27% Marina Silva (PV)7.18% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.29% +2 more Plínio (PSOL)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07%	−73.46 pts	Left bloc	76.78%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.96% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.04%	−65.92 pts	Left bloc	82.05%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.98% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.18% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.72% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.95% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−61.28 pts	Left bloc	81.12%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.89% José Serra (PSDB)30.11%	−39.79 pts	Left bloc	83.93%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)71.65% Lula (PT)15.59% Garotinho (PSB)7.92% Ciro (PPS)4.68% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16%	+43.30 pts	Right bloc	84.04%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)72.94% Lula (PT)10.82% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.75% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.17% Sirkis (PV)0.83% Eymael (PSDC)0.75% Enéas (PRONA)0.67% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.50% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.25% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.08%	+49.71 pts	Right bloc	70.98%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2002(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc

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Official TSE results by municipality (1994–2026); the 2026 runoff comes from the TSE's official results publication. Every municipality's index can be downloaded at /dados.