PB · Catolé do Rocha - São Bento immediate region

São Bento: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Bento with 54.58% of valid votes against 45.42% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 9.16 points, 5.59 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −7.78pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 29,503; 13th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

São Bento−9.16 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)54.58% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.42%	−9.16 pts	Left bloc	82.66%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.41% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.65% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.65% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.70% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.48% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−6.19 pts	Left bloc	83.36%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.52% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)44.48%	−11.05 pts	Left bloc	81.19%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.71% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.32% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.56% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.71% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.39% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.18% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−16.57 pts	Left bloc	83.69%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.29% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.71%	−4.59 pts	Left bloc	78.62%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)40.04% Fernando Haddad (PT)28.19% Ciro Gomes (PDT)24.07% João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.80% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.55% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.51% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.30% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.23% Marina Silva (REDE)0.18% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−5.14 pts	Left bloc	86.17%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.65% Aécio Neves (PSDB)49.35%	−1.30 pts	Left bloc	76.67%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)45.18% Aécio Neves (PSDB)36.78% Marina Silva (PSB)17.18% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.35% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.16% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.15% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	−25.82 pts	Left bloc	82.50%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.60% Dilma (PT)45.40%	+9.19 pts	Right bloc	75.38%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)46.43% Dilma (PT)41.93% Marina Silva (PV)11.17% Plínio (PSOL)0.31% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−6.99 pts	Left bloc	82.88%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.92% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)35.08%	−29.84 pts	Left bloc	80.74%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)40.52% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.86% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.22% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.01%	−18.56 pts	Left bloc	85.08%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)56.16% Lula (PT)43.84%	+12.32 pts	Right bloc	80.66%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)47.17% Lula (PT)35.55% Ciro (PPS)9.23% Garotinho (PSB)7.80% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.24% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−5.66 pts	Left bloc	81.78%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)70.33% Ciro Gomes (PPS)17.75% Lula (PT)6.95% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.26% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.91% Enéas (PRONA)0.81% Sirkis (PV)0.61% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.37% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.26% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.19% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17%	+44.26 pts	Right bloc	81.09%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)88.40% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)4.75% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.92% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.77% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.36% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.32% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.31% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.17%	+89.78 pts	Right bloc	79.73%

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
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(between rounds)·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.