PB · Cajazeiras immediate region

Santa Helena: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Helena with 86.98% of valid votes against 13.02% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 73.95 points, 70.38 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −76.02pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,959; 130th 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.

Santa Helena−73.95 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)86.98% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)13.02%	−73.95 pts	Left bloc	84.19%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.62% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)13.47% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.30% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.09% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.46% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Zema (NOVO)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−67.46 pts	Left bloc	81.66%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.49% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)11.51%	−76.98 pts	Left bloc	84.38%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)85.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)10.37% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.42% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.57% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.46% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−76.97 pts	Left bloc	82.39%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)90.11% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)9.89%	−80.21 pts	Left bloc	84.04%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.36% Ciro Gomes (PDT)20.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)8.48% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.14% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.88% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.44% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.34% Marina Silva (REDE)0.13% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.08% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−77.35 pts	Left bloc	83.96%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.75% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.25%	−75.49 pts	Left bloc	76.27%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.94% Aécio Neves (PSDB)9.23% Marina Silva (PSB)7.28% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.49% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.36% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.34% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−80.36 pts	Left bloc	76.24%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)85.19% José Serra (PSDB)14.81%	−70.38 pts	Left bloc	76.45%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)80.97% José Serra (PSDB)11.64% Marina Silva (PV)6.76% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.18% +4 more Plínio (PSOL)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06%	−76.24 pts	Left bloc	75.79%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.79% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)14.21%	−71.59 pts	Left bloc	81.96%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.52% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.90% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.70% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.64% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.20% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−65.74 pts	Left bloc	82.90%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.26% José Serra (PSDB)29.74%	−40.53 pts	Left bloc	85.93%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.74% Ciro (PPS)16.88% José Serra (PSDB)16.24% Garotinho (PSB)7.86% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.25% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−67.51 pts	Left bloc	85.52%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)37.87% Ciro Gomes (PPS)29.25% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)26.14% Sirkis (PV)1.28% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.12% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.08% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.80% Enéas (PRONA)0.52% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.32% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.24%	−43.34 pts	Left bloc	72.12%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)51.75% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)39.55% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.06% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.62% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.11% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.76% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.68% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.48%	+19.55 pts	Right bloc	77.47%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.