PB · Patos immediate region

Salgadinho: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Salgadinho with 71.63% of valid votes against 28.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 43.25 points, 39.68 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −52.07pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,477; 194th 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.

Salgadinho−43.25 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)71.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)28.37%	−43.25 pts	Left bloc	72.94%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.12% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.22% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.92% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.31% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.32% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−38.16 pts	Left bloc	77.74%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.91%	−60.18 pts	Left bloc	73.71%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.36% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.38% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.01% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.92% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.25% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−58.74 pts	Left bloc	78.14%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.28%	−61.43 pts	Left bloc	70.60%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)56.47% Ciro Gomes (PDT)21.81% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.45% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.93% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.77% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.68% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.32% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.23% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.14% Marina Silva (REDE)0.09% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.09% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−57.64 pts	Left bloc	79.92%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.38% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.62%	−46.76 pts	Left bloc	78.20%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.57% Marina Silva (PSB)23.75% Aécio Neves (PSDB)16.28% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.58% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.29% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.19% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05%	−65.51 pts	Left bloc	80.31%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)52.74% José Serra (PSDB)47.26%	−5.49 pts	Left bloc	77.65%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.00% José Serra (PSDB)39.56% Marina Silva (PV)10.91% Plínio (PSOL)0.27% +3 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05%	−20.67 pts	Left bloc	79.98%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)67.45% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.55%	−34.91 pts	Left bloc	82.53%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.23% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.86% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.22% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.11% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.23% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.23% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.12%	−31.11 pts	Left bloc	84.22%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)72.52% Lula (PT)27.48%	+45.05 pts	Right bloc	79.63%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)55.44% Lula (PT)21.57% Garotinho (PSB)12.38% Ciro (PPS)10.53% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07%	+10.89 pts	Right bloc	81.98%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)68.56% Lula (PT)13.66% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.25% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.55% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.20% Enéas (PRONA)1.20% Eymael (PSDC)0.77% Sirkis (PV)0.69% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.52% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.17% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17%	+42.27 pts	Right bloc	88.09%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)77.03% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.50% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)8.68% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.82% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.26% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.32% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.24% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.16%	+76.48 pts	Right bloc	78.67%

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.