PB · Sousa immediate region

Joca Claudino: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Joca Claudino with 84.02% of valid votes against 15.98% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 68.04 points, 64.47 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −69.37pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,516; 217th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 0; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 elections since 1994.
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.

Joca Claudino−68.04 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)84.02% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)15.98%	−68.04 pts	Left bloc	80.64%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.70% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)15.82% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.81% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.70% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.80% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−63.13 pts	Left bloc	79.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.29% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.71%	−72.58 pts	Left bloc	77.77%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.11% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.78% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.62% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−68.12 pts	Left bloc	77.85%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)86.93% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)13.07%	−73.87 pts	Left bloc	81.04%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)56.93% Ciro Gomes (PDT)31.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)9.50% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.10% +9 more Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.31% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.26% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.21% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.05% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−77.12 pts	Left bloc	83.27%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.28% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.72%	−58.56 pts	Left bloc	75.90%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)68.16% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.44% Marina Silva (PSB)15.10% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.74% +4 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.23% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.17% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06%	−68.56 pts	Left bloc	76.54%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.59% José Serra (PSDB)22.41%	−55.18 pts	Left bloc	78.37%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)73.83% José Serra (PSDB)17.48% Marina Silva (PV)7.91% Plínio (PSOL)0.30% +3 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.24% Eymael (PSDC)0.18% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06%	−64.21 pts	Left bloc	79.45%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.88% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.12%	−51.76 pts	Left bloc	86.41%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.32% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.89% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.71% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.02% +1 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06%	−52.10 pts	Left bloc	87.33%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.37% José Serra (PSDB)39.63%	−20.75 pts	Left bloc	76.80%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.73% José Serra (PSDB)33.72% Garotinho (PSB)7.81% Ciro (PPS)7.45% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.29%	−32.55 pts	Left bloc	76.89%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PPS)36.10% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)35.24% Lula (PT)22.35% Enéas (PRONA)1.34% +7 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.24% Eymael (PSDC)1.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.86% Sirkis (PV)0.67% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.57% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.38% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19%	−23.59 pts	Left bloc	76.94%

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

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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.