PB · João Pessoa immediate region

Riachão do Poço: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Riachão do Poço with 70.29% of valid votes against 29.71% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 40.59 points, 37.02 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −41.91pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,868; 160th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 1; 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.

Riachão do Poço−40.59 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)70.29% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.71%	−40.59 pts	Left bloc	85.95%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.22% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.68% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.38% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.97% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.58% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Samara (UP)0.05% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−33.40 pts	Left bloc	84.14%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.16% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.84%	−44.32 pts	Left bloc	85.96%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.61% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)26.05% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.51% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.17% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.55% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−41.61 pts	Left bloc	84.54%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)72.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.18%	−45.63 pts	Left bloc	86.88%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.41% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.38% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.71% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.22% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.03% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.60% Vera (PSTU)0.23% Marina Silva (REDE)0.20% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.20% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.13% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−39.66 pts	Left bloc	86.57%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.51% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.49%	−35.02 pts	Left bloc	78.45%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)62.36% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.33% Marina Silva (PSB)11.40% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.42% +5 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.18% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04%	−48.22 pts	Left bloc	78.67%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)55.62% José Serra (PSDB)44.38%	−11.25 pts	Left bloc	80.38%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)48.70% José Serra (PSDB)42.68% Marina Silva (PV)7.98% Plínio (PSOL)0.36% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−14.56 pts	Left bloc	81.20%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.60% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.40%	−51.19 pts	Left bloc	87.53%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.59% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.43% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.02% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.76% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08%	−46.76 pts	Left bloc	88.34%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.89% José Serra (PSDB)46.11%	−7.78 pts	Left bloc	86.99%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.07% José Serra (PSDB)35.78% Garotinho (PSB)9.27% Ciro (PPS)7.83% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05%	−28.43 pts	Left bloc	86.35%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)64.32% Lula (PT)15.10% Ciro Gomes (PPS)12.83% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.63% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.50% Enéas (PRONA)1.04% Sirkis (PV)0.85% Eymael (PSDC)0.78% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.72% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.65% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.26%	+34.77 pts	Right bloc	71.63%

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

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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.