PR · Curitiba immediate region

Balsa Nova: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Balsa Nova with 64.40% of valid votes against 35.60% for Lula: a margin of 28.81 points, 32.38 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +29.17pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,129; 123th largest electorate in Paraná
Side changes: 2; 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; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Balsa Nova+28.81 pts
Paraná+25.15 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)64.40% Lula (PT)35.60%	+28.81 pts	Right bloc	83.21%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)61.73% Lula (PT)29.96% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.15% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.51% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.24% Zema (NOVO)0.16% Samara (UP)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02%	+34.67 pts	Right bloc	81.90%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)62.58% Lula (PT)37.42%	+25.17 pts	Right bloc	83.65%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)55.74% Lula (PT)36.73% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.79% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.49% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.74% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.33% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+21.35 pts	Right bloc	82.59%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)69.89% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.11%	+39.78 pts	Right bloc	83.25%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)60.60% Fernando Haddad (PT)20.39% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.65% Alvaro Dias (PODE)5.25% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.51% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.51% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.49% Marina Silva (REDE)0.65% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.48% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.37% Vera (PSTU)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+45.70 pts	Right bloc	84.28%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)59.48% Dilma (PT)40.52%	+18.97 pts	Right bloc	88.70%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)50.45% Dilma (PT)35.44% Marina Silva (PSB)11.21% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.87% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.78% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.69% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.32% Eymael (PSDC)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+4.18 pts	Right bloc	89.98%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.75% José Serra (PSDB)45.25%	−9.49 pts	Left bloc	91.76%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.68% José Serra (PSDB)37.88% Marina Silva (PV)11.49% Plínio (PSOL)0.70% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−23.99 pts	Left bloc	94.61%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.87% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)42.13%	−15.74 pts	Left bloc	89.54%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)49.11% Lula (PT)44.12% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.51% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.91% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07%	−1.08 pts	Left bloc	89.91%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.04% José Serra (PSDB)30.96%	−38.08 pts	Left bloc	92.72%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.32% José Serra (PSDB)20.93% Garotinho (PSB)11.02% Ciro (PPS)4.24% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.46% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−58.14 pts	Left bloc	93.65%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)56.86% Lula (PT)25.58% Ciro Gomes (PPS)12.57% Enéas (PRONA)2.34% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.51% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.46% Eymael (PSDC)0.33% Sirkis (PV)0.33% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.24% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.24% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.20%	+20.86 pts	Right bloc	88.80%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.24% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)17.91% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.34% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)4.09% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.17% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.28% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.60% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.37%	+59.62 pts	Right bloc	90.42%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right 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.