PE · Recife immediate region

Paulista: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Paulista with 62.40% of valid votes against 37.60% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 24.80 points, 21.23 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −20.75pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 237,197; 6th largest electorate in Pernambuco
Side changes: 1; 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.

Paulista−24.80 pts
Pernambuco−38.40 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)62.40% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.60%	−24.80 pts	Left bloc	86.54%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.08% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.35% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.97% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.93% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.39% Zema (NOVO)0.14% Samara (UP)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−18.33 pts	Left bloc	83.98%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.72%	−16.55 pts	Left bloc	86.61%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.44% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.78% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.68% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.41% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.35% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.18% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−18.40 pts	Left bloc	85.68%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)54.91% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)45.09%	−9.82 pts	Left bloc	87.74%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)41.99% Fernando Haddad (PT)34.06% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.11% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.54% +9 more Marina Silva (REDE)1.70% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.47% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.25% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.84% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.66% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.26% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02%	−3.26 pts	Left bloc	87.98%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)70.74% Aécio Neves (PSDB)29.26%	−41.48 pts	Left bloc	83.33%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Marina Silva (PSB)61.84% Dilma (PT)31.43% Aécio Neves (PSDB)3.88% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.49% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.48% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.36% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.34% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−90.53 pts	Left bloc	84.77%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.07% José Serra (PSDB)23.93%	−52.13 pts	Left bloc	82.98%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.06% Marina Silva (PV)31.09% José Serra (PSDB)15.03% Plínio (PSOL)0.58% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−69.73 pts	Left bloc	85.37%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)79.77% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)20.23%	−59.54 pts	Left bloc	84.35%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)20.80% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.67% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.15% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.20% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−57.79 pts	Left bloc	85.94%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.33% José Serra (PSDB)31.67%	−36.67 pts	Left bloc	83.22%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.37% Garotinho (PSB)24.85% José Serra (PSDB)16.69% Ciro (PPS)5.76% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−66.63 pts	Left bloc	84.45%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)45.72% Lula (PT)42.96% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.86% Enéas (PRONA)1.34% +8 more Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.34% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.13% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.11% Sirkis (PV)0.10% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−4.67 pts	Left bloc	80.82%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)46.24% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)43.63% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.67% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.67% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.72% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.50% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.31% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.26%	+6.09 pts	Right bloc	84.60%

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
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.