PB · Patos immediate region

Várzea: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Várzea with 79.45% of valid votes against 20.55% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 58.89 points, 55.32 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −61.88pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,844; 212th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 3; 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.

Várzea−58.89 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)79.45% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.55%	−58.89 pts	Left bloc	84.25%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.02% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.17% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.57% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.22% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.80% Zema (NOVO)0.13% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.08% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−53.35 pts	Left bloc	86.85%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.85% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)16.15%	−67.70 pts	Left bloc	85.79%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.16% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.90% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.18% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.20% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−68.77 pts	Left bloc	86.93%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)82.01% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.99%	−64.01 pts	Left bloc	82.76%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)39.57% Ciro Gomes (PDT)39.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.38% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.06% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.79% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.74% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.58% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.21% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.11% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−58.58 pts	Left bloc	85.74%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.30% Aécio Neves (PSDB)22.70%	−54.60 pts	Left bloc	85.21%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)61.74% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.18% Marina Silva (PSB)17.41% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.70% +4 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.54% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.21% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−60.77 pts	Left bloc	85.50%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)61.94% José Serra (PSDB)38.06%	−23.88 pts	Left bloc	88.88%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)48.56% Marina Silva (PV)30.33% José Serra (PSDB)20.26% Plínio (PSOL)0.61% +1 more Eymael (PSDC)0.25%	−58.99 pts	Left bloc	88.88%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.39% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.61%	−36.77 pts	Left bloc	91.52%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.17% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.68% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.81% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.16% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−32.28 pts	Left bloc	91.77%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)55.27% Lula (PT)44.73%	+10.55 pts	Right bloc	88.94%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)40.77% Lula (PT)40.00% Ciro (PPS)10.18% Garotinho (PSB)8.21% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.77% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−18.46 pts	Left bloc	88.08%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)44.64% Ciro Gomes (PPS)26.08% Lula (PT)23.81% Enéas (PRONA)2.98% +7 more Sirkis (PV)0.94% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.47% Eymael (PSDC)0.31% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.31% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.23% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.16% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.08%	−3.68 pts	Left bloc	88.01%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)48.89% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)24.38% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)20.80% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.43% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.59% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.59% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.26% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.07%	+50.07 pts	Right bloc	78.00%

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
2002(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
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.