PB · João Pessoa immediate region

Cabedelo: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Cabedelo with 54.41% of valid votes against 45.59% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 8.82 points, 5.25 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −5.27pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 54,019; 6th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: Yes; Voted for the national winner in every runoff from 2002 to 2026.

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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.

Cabedelo−8.82 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)54.41% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.59%	−8.82 pts	Left bloc	80.57%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.06% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.70% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.81% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.02% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.08% Zema (NOVO)0.11% Samara (UP)0.09% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01%	−2.08 pts	Left bloc	79.22%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.05% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)47.95%	−4.10 pts	Left bloc	80.64%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.61% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.35% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.37% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.25% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	−6.56 pts	Left bloc	80.20%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)50.94% Fernando Haddad (PT)49.06%	+1.89 pts	Right bloc	80.28%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.23% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.56% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.07% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.19% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.72% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.23% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.03% Marina Silva (REDE)0.96% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.62% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.30% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	+7.50 pts	Right bloc	81.29%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)55.69% Aécio Neves (PSDB)44.31%	−11.39 pts	Left bloc	82.56%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)43.14% Marina Silva (PSB)29.71% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.14% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.10% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.93% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.50% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.35% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−49.09 pts	Left bloc	83.35%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)62.20% José Serra (PSDB)37.80%	−24.41 pts	Left bloc	90.49%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.67% Marina Silva (PV)29.99% José Serra (PSDB)21.58% Plínio (PSOL)0.51% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−56.59 pts	Left bloc	91.64%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.48% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.52%	−52.96 pts	Left bloc	84.17%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.67% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.64% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.58% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.86% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−52.21 pts	Left bloc	85.21%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.29% José Serra (PSDB)35.71%	−28.59 pts	Left bloc	82.76%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.17% Garotinho (PSB)24.75% José Serra (PSDB)17.72% Ciro (PPS)9.90% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−64.55 pts	Left bloc	83.75%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.48% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)28.37% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.08% Enéas (PRONA)2.68% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.82% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.56% Sirkis (PV)0.52% Eymael (PSDC)0.37% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.36% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.33% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15%	−35.67 pts	Left bloc	82.61%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)57.25% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)29.33% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.33% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.97% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.27% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.93% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.62% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+36.78 pts	Right bloc	82.39%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·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.