RJ · Valença immediate region

Valença: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Valença with 59.61% of valid votes against 40.39% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 19.21 points, 15.64 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −10.11pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 56,821; 34th largest electorate in Rio de Janeiro
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: Yes; Voted for the national winner in every runoff from 2002 to 2026.

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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.

Valença−19.21 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	Lula (PT)59.61% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.39%	−19.21 pts	Left bloc	75.23%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.31% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.64% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.90% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.73% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.95% Zema (NOVO)0.23% Samara (UP)0.11% Clariana Barao (DC)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−8.76 pts	Left bloc	73.78%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.36% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.64%	−14.71 pts	Left bloc	74.61%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.11% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.60% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.82% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.54% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.42% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	−14.48 pts	Left bloc	73.95%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)56.43% Fernando Haddad (PT)43.57%	+12.87 pts	Right bloc	72.55%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.88% Fernando Haddad (PT)24.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.65% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.90% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.83% Marina Silva (REDE)1.48% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.13% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.82% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.68% Eymael (DC)0.12% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.06%	+18.36 pts	Right bloc	74.07%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.17% Aécio Neves (PSDB)45.83%	−8.34 pts	Left bloc	76.02%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)40.71% Aécio Neves (PSDB)35.31% Marina Silva (PSB)20.40% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.53% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.82% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.64% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−27.16 pts	Left bloc	78.27%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)61.30% José Serra (PSDB)38.70%	−22.60 pts	Left bloc	78.62%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)50.48% José Serra (PSDB)25.85% Marina Silva (PV)22.06% Plínio (PSOL)1.19% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−47.90 pts	Left bloc	81.18%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.56% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.44%	−41.12 pts	Left bloc	81.19%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.98% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.09% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)9.61% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.04% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.07%	−37.25 pts	Left bloc	83.33%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.50% José Serra (PSDB)19.50%	−61.00 pts	Left bloc	83.49%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.77% Garotinho (PSB)32.30% José Serra (PSDB)8.48% Ciro (PPS)7.70% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.72% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−83.05 pts	Left bloc	86.88%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.76% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)35.87% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.96% Enéas (PRONA)2.00% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.46% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.19% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.17% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.17% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.07%	−23.27 pts	Left bloc	83.49%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)48.73% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.72% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)10.44% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)6.81% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.82% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.53% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.50% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.45%	+30.93 pts	Right bloc	88.32%

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(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(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.