PB · Catolé do Rocha - São Bento immediate region

Riacho dos Cavalos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Riacho dos Cavalos with 80.64% of valid votes against 19.36% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 61.27 points, 57.70 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −63.93pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,429; 84th 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.

Riacho dos Cavalos−61.27 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)80.64% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)19.36%	−61.27 pts	Left bloc	84.96%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.07% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.79% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.78% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.86% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.37% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−55.78 pts	Left bloc	84.55%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.62% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)16.38%	−67.23 pts	Left bloc	84.86%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.34% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.45% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.90% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−68.99 pts	Left bloc	85.56%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)85.20% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.80%	−70.41 pts	Left bloc	84.82%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)65.44% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.89% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)13.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.98% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.95% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.45% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.33% Marina Silva (REDE)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.05% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−67.01 pts	Left bloc	87.77%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.08% Aécio Neves (PSDB)22.92%	−54.17 pts	Left bloc	81.75%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)77.30% Aécio Neves (PSDB)16.39% Marina Silva (PSB)5.71% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.28% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.11% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−66.44 pts	Left bloc	86.18%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.42% José Serra (PSDB)22.58%	−54.85 pts	Left bloc	84.19%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)73.43% José Serra (PSDB)18.56% Marina Silva (PV)7.72% Plínio (PSOL)0.19% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−62.80 pts	Left bloc	86.83%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)84.23% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.77%	−68.46 pts	Left bloc	81.82%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.80% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.73% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.54% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−60.00 pts	Left bloc	85.40%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)69.81% Lula (PT)30.19%	+39.62 pts	Right bloc	85.37%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)59.37% Lula (PT)21.57% Garotinho (PSB)9.76% Ciro (PPS)9.22% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	+18.75 pts	Right bloc	89.21%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)54.54% Ciro Gomes (PPS)23.24% Lula (PT)15.20% Enéas (PRONA)1.61% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.13% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.99% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.96% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.96% Eymael (PSDC)0.54% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.35% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.29% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.19%	+15.04 pts	Right bloc	71.42%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)61.73% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.41% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.45% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.68% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.92% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.89% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.69% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.23%	+43.79 pts	Right bloc	78.07%

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.