PB · João Pessoa immediate region

Santa Rita: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Rita with 60.14% of valid votes against 39.86% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 20.28 points, 16.71 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −18.62pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 103,534; 3th 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 Rita−20.28 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)60.14% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.86%	−20.28 pts	Left bloc	85.68%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.00% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.84% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.40% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.72% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.79% Samara (UP)0.08% Zema (NOVO)0.08% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−13.05 pts	Left bloc	84.08%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.97%	−16.06 pts	Left bloc	84.61%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.49% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.09% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.23% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.48% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.40% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−18.07 pts	Left bloc	84.04%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)57.44% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)42.56%	−14.87 pts	Left bloc	86.50%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)41.98% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.09% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.42% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.98% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.25% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.07% Marina Silva (REDE)0.94% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.50% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.44% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.23% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−7.80 pts	Left bloc	86.38%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.83% Aécio Neves (PSDB)35.17%	−29.65 pts	Left bloc	81.17%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.69% Marina Silva (PSB)22.56% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.07% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.20% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.75% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.31% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.27% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−54.76 pts	Left bloc	81.95%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.86% José Serra (PSDB)34.14%	−31.72 pts	Left bloc	81.62%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)54.64% José Serra (PSDB)24.98% Marina Silva (PV)19.76% Plínio (PSOL)0.42% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02%	−49.88 pts	Left bloc	82.71%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.46%	−57.08 pts	Left bloc	82.98%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.25% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.48% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.49% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.56% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−50.60 pts	Left bloc	84.09%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.04% José Serra (PSDB)30.96%	−38.08 pts	Left bloc	80.39%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.29% Garotinho (PSB)25.63% José Serra (PSDB)15.38% Ciro (PPS)6.44% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−69.24 pts	Left bloc	81.42%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)46.56% Lula (PT)40.94% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.88% Enéas (PRONA)1.59% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.20% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.11% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.09% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−2.70 pts	Left bloc	75.22%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)63.97% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)24.91% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.65% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.34% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.56% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.71% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.54% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.32%	+47.07 pts	Right bloc	79.69%

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.