BA · Brumado immediate region

Aracatu: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Aracatu with 75.91% of valid votes against 24.09% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 51.82 points, 48.25 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −56.48pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,567; 240th largest electorate in Bahia
Side changes: 1; 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.

Aracatu−51.82 pts
Bahia−42.63 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)75.91% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)24.09%	−51.82 pts	Left bloc	86.42%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.54% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)22.78% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.76% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.06% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.77% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−50.69 pts	Left bloc	83.54%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.93%	−60.15 pts	Left bloc	85.71%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)78.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.17% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.65% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.38% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.54% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−59.62 pts	Left bloc	85.55%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.76% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.24%	−61.53 pts	Left bloc	85.22%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)74.25% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)15.03% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.13% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.63% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.65% Marina Silva (REDE)0.50% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.24% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.23% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.17% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−64.16 pts	Left bloc	87.02%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)78.26% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.74%	−56.51 pts	Left bloc	72.84%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)74.96% Marina Silva (PSB)12.14% Aécio Neves (PSDB)11.61% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.70% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.23% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.21% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−76.12 pts	Left bloc	73.48%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)78.37% José Serra (PSDB)21.63%	−56.74 pts	Left bloc	72.28%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.57% José Serra (PSDB)18.57% Marina Silva (PV)5.46% Plínio (PSOL)0.18% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−62.73 pts	Left bloc	74.41%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.04% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)43.96%	−12.07 pts	Left bloc	71.18%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.31% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.79% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.44% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.11% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08%	−5.70 pts	Left bloc	72.20%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)68.85% Lula (PT)31.15%	+37.70 pts	Right bloc	64.58%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)44.42% Lula (PT)25.30% Ciro (PPS)21.88% Garotinho (PSB)8.19% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−11.17 pts	Left bloc	70.43%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)78.25% Lula (PT)11.58% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.14% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.11% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.06% Enéas (PRONA)0.98% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.58% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.53% Sirkis (PV)0.50% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.48% Eymael (PSDC)0.45% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.35%	+62.17 pts	Right bloc	65.20%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)78.34% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.57% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.66% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.75% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.75% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.55% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.72% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.67%	+75.76 pts	Right bloc	69.55%

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

When the municipality changed sides

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.