PB · Patos immediate region

Mãe d'Água: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Mãe d'Água with 80.28% of valid votes against 19.72% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 60.56 points, 56.99 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −62.31pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,872; 185th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 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.

Mãe d'Água−60.56 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)80.28% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)19.72%	−60.56 pts	Left bloc	82.23%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.15% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.59% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.53% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.10% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.49% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−55.57 pts	Left bloc	83.44%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.18%	−65.64 pts	Left bloc	81.91%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.10% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)15.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.68% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.95% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.58% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−65.76 pts	Left bloc	81.47%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)82.86% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.14%	−65.73 pts	Left bloc	75.97%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)58.39% Ciro Gomes (PDT)20.94% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.79% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.60% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.49% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.34% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.30% Marina Silva (REDE)0.19% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−59.25 pts	Left bloc	80.38%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.47% Aécio Neves (PSDB)22.53%	−54.93 pts	Left bloc	79.41%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.42% Marina Silva (PSB)15.11% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.22% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.64% +4 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.21% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−72.92 pts	Left bloc	79.39%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.64% José Serra (PSDB)35.36%	−29.28 pts	Left bloc	81.33%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)62.40% José Serra (PSDB)33.22% Marina Silva (PV)4.16% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04% Plínio (PSOL)0.04%	−33.47 pts	Left bloc	80.85%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.70% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.30%	−57.40 pts	Left bloc	84.04%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.17% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.48% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.49% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.68% +2 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09%	−44.70 pts	Left bloc	86.16%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)57.91% Lula (PT)42.09%	+15.82 pts	Right bloc	84.06%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)52.38% Lula (PT)34.23% Garotinho (PSB)9.66% Ciro (PPS)3.44% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.25% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	+4.75 pts	Right bloc	84.37%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)58.69% Lula (PT)20.39% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.65% Zé Maria (PSTU)2.13% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.24% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.18% Enéas (PRONA)0.89% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.77% Eymael (PSDC)0.53% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.30% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.18% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.06%	+21.28 pts	Right bloc	67.97%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)69.86% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.51% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)10.22% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.52% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.79% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.52% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.52% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.05%	+65.41 pts	Right bloc	73.91%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2006(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.