BA · Salvador immediate region

Candeias: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Candeias with 83.60% of valid votes against 16.40% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 67.19 points, 63.62 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −66.84pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 64,832; 21th 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.

Candeias−67.19 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)83.60% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)16.40%	−67.19 pts	Left bloc	83.30%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.73% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)16.92% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.71% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.33% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.16% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Samara (UP)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−61.02 pts	Left bloc	78.41%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.26% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.74%	−64.53 pts	Left bloc	81.14%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.87% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.99% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.95% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.89% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.12% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−64.11 pts	Left bloc	80.17%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)84.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)15.25%	−69.49 pts	Left bloc	81.20%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)71.21% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)13.28% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.04% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)4.80% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.74% Marina Silva (REDE)0.78% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.41% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.31% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.21% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−58.75 pts	Left bloc	82.43%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.77% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.23%	−69.55 pts	Left bloc	78.96%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.86% Marina Silva (PSB)16.37% Aécio Neves (PSDB)11.31% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.30% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.47% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.39% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−73.97 pts	Left bloc	80.47%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)86.22% José Serra (PSDB)13.78%	−72.45 pts	Left bloc	81.94%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.45% Marina Silva (PV)19.11% José Serra (PSDB)10.65% Plínio (PSOL)0.60% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−78.49 pts	Left bloc	84.26%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)90.87% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.13%	−81.75 pts	Left bloc	90.44%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)83.67% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)11.33% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.36% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.54% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.04% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−77.13 pts	Left bloc	91.21%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)90.61% José Serra (PSDB)9.39%	−81.21 pts	Left bloc	79.38%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.79% Garotinho (PSB)14.56% Ciro (PPS)4.28% José Serra (PSDB)4.03% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−91.94 pts	Left bloc	78.85%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.08% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)25.61% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.49% Enéas (PRONA)3.11% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.50% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.41% Eymael (PSDC)0.38% Sirkis (PV)0.32% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.30% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.29% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.27% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22%	−39.91 pts	Left bloc	84.30%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)47.89% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)38.70% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.95% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.91% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.16% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.92% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.91% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.56%	+1.90 pts	Right bloc	75.40%

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

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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.