RJ · Valença immediate region

Paty do Alferes: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Paty do Alferes with 62.67% of valid votes against 37.33% for Lula: a margin of 25.34 points, 28.91 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +23.55pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 24,303; 55th largest electorate in Rio de Janeiro
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.

Paty do Alferes+25.34 pts
Rio de Janeiro+6.20 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)62.67% Lula (PT)37.33%	+25.34 pts	Right bloc	78.40%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)62.36% Lula (PT)30.98% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.49% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.23% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.58% Zema (NOVO)0.17% Samara (UP)0.10% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00%	+32.78 pts	Right bloc	78.32%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)62.67% Lula (PT)37.33%	+25.34 pts	Right bloc	78.13%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)57.34% Lula (PT)35.02% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.02% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.78% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.55% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.15% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	+24.33 pts	Right bloc	78.23%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)68.35% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.65%	+36.70 pts	Right bloc	73.15%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)58.77% Fernando Haddad (PT)18.09% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.52% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.50% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.68% Marina Silva (REDE)1.22% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.20% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.98% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.47% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.44% Eymael (DC)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03%	+37.34 pts	Right bloc	75.12%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.88% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.12%	−17.77 pts	Left bloc	76.21%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)43.26% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.70% Marina Silva (PSB)25.65% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)2.40% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.74% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.72% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.38% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−40.93 pts	Left bloc	78.93%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.02% José Serra (PSDB)46.98%	−6.04 pts	Left bloc	76.37%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)41.13% Marina Silva (PV)32.39% José Serra (PSDB)25.65% Plínio (PSOL)0.50% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−48.28 pts	Left bloc	80.39%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.06% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)40.94%	−18.11 pts	Left bloc	78.75%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)45.73% Lula (PT)40.48% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)10.08% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.33% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04%	−7.78 pts	Left bloc	81.75%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.43% José Serra (PSDB)41.57%	−16.86 pts	Left bloc	80.25%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)71.28% Lula (PT)18.01% José Serra (PSDB)5.14% Ciro (PPS)5.01% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.53% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−89.73 pts	Left bloc	84.66%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)66.63% Lula (PT)22.74% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.48% Enéas (PRONA)2.21% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.30% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.18% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.08% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.06%	+38.49 pts	Right bloc	77.77%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.34% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.54% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.48% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)5.48% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.44% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.60% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.70% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+55.95 pts	Right bloc	83.12%

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
2018(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.