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Salvador: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Salvador with 73.24% of valid votes against 26.76% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 46.47 points, 42.90 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −41.67pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 1,955,471; 1th largest electorate in Bahia
Side changes: 0; 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.

Salvador−46.47 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)73.24% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)26.76%	−46.47 pts	Left bloc	84.23%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.26% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)27.03% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.81% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.51% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.02% Zema (NOVO)0.14% Samara (UP)0.11% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−36.50 pts	Left bloc	79.86%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.73% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.27%	−41.45 pts	Left bloc	83.92%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.07% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.98% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.57% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.95% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.26% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Léo Péricles (UP)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−42.16 pts	Left bloc	82.10%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.59% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.41%	−37.18 pts	Left bloc	87.80%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)47.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.81% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.43% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)3.01% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.08% Marina Silva (REDE)1.67% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.29% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.77% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.68% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.41% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−29.37 pts	Left bloc	86.44%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.25% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.75%	−34.50 pts	Left bloc	77.79%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.30% Marina Silva (PSB)25.48% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.25% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.18% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.73% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.53% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.36% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−55.24 pts	Left bloc	79.73%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.34% José Serra (PSDB)26.66%	−46.69 pts	Left bloc	77.50%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.81% Marina Silva (PV)30.21% José Serra (PSDB)14.77% Plínio (PSOL)0.97% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−70.21 pts	Left bloc	82.25%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)84.77% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.23%	−69.53 pts	Left bloc	83.34%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.37% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.84% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)9.80% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.70% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06%	−63.73 pts	Left bloc	85.11%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)89.39% José Serra (PSDB)10.61%	−78.78 pts	Left bloc	80.69%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.69% Garotinho (PSB)14.20% Ciro (PPS)7.01% José Serra (PSDB)4.61% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.44% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−90.78 pts	Left bloc	80.76%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.44% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)27.06% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.55% Enéas (PRONA)4.62% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.27% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.26% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.20% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.18% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.14% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08%	−35.31 pts	Left bloc	76.05%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)50.81% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)37.37% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.40% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.81% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.02% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.82% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.38% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	−3.66 pts	Left bloc	81.91%

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

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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.