PB · Patos immediate region

Santa Teresinha: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Teresinha with 73.30% of valid votes against 26.70% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 46.60 points, 43.03 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −45.20pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,774; 140th 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 Teresinha−46.60 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)73.30% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)26.70%	−46.60 pts	Left bloc	84.60%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.12% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)27.29% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.48% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.57% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.46% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−41.28 pts	Left bloc	80.95%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.44% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.56%	−50.88 pts	Left bloc	83.55%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.24% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)21.54% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.15% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.75% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−52.92 pts	Left bloc	82.25%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)73.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.93%	−46.14 pts	Left bloc	80.35%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.34% Ciro Gomes (PDT)21.39% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)21.06% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.99% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.69% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.40% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.40% Marina Silva (REDE)0.24% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.24% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.24% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−48.41 pts	Left bloc	83.40%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)61.57% Aécio Neves (PSDB)38.43%	−23.14 pts	Left bloc	82.29%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)31.22% Marina Silva (PSB)9.57% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.33% +4 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.22% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03%	−37.23 pts	Left bloc	82.81%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.74% José Serra (PSDB)43.26%	−13.48 pts	Left bloc	85.71%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.53% José Serra (PSDB)36.87% Marina Silva (PV)7.24% Plínio (PSOL)0.13% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−26.06 pts	Left bloc	87.93%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.13% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.88%	−36.25 pts	Left bloc	86.00%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.90% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)35.11% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.48% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.30% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−29.37 pts	Left bloc	87.11%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)58.04% Lula (PT)41.96%	+16.07 pts	Right bloc	81.24%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)52.78% Lula (PT)31.53% Ciro (PPS)10.20% Garotinho (PSB)5.30% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	+5.57 pts	Right bloc	81.69%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)60.02% Lula (PT)18.63% Ciro Gomes (PPS)15.50% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.31% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.06% Enéas (PRONA)1.01% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.81% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.56% Eymael (PSDC)0.45% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.30% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.15%	+24.28 pts	Right bloc	85.32%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)63.71% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)20.16% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)10.89% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.37% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.07% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.81% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.62% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.39%	+57.55 pts	Right bloc	77.63%

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.