BA · Cruz das Almas immediate region

Sapeaçu: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Sapeaçu with 76.67% of valid votes against 23.33% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 53.34 points, 49.77 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −53.50pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 16,209; 167th 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.

Sapeaçu−53.34 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)76.67% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)23.33%	−53.34 pts	Left bloc	84.55%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.67% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)24.17% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.97% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.17% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.93% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−47.35 pts	Left bloc	81.82%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.21% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)23.79%	−52.42 pts	Left bloc	83.38%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.88% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.53% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.39% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.82% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)1.22% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−57.46 pts	Left bloc	82.69%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)79.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.50%	−58.99 pts	Left bloc	85.36%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)72.04% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.76% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.48% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.98% Marina Silva (REDE)0.52% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.39% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.20% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.17% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−56.01 pts	Left bloc	84.40%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.42% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.58%	−48.85 pts	Left bloc	78.94%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)66.77% Aécio Neves (PSDB)18.39% Marina Silva (PSB)13.61% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.46% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.35% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.18% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−62.16 pts	Left bloc	81.05%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.03% José Serra (PSDB)23.97%	−52.06 pts	Left bloc	81.16%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)73.46% José Serra (PSDB)18.13% Marina Silva (PV)7.96% Plínio (PSOL)0.31% +4 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−63.59 pts	Left bloc	84.60%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)84.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.25%	−69.49 pts	Left bloc	73.00%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.47% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)22.48% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.01% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.90% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−54.77 pts	Left bloc	76.55%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.68% José Serra (PSDB)35.32%	−29.35 pts	Left bloc	68.76%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.63% Ciro (PPS)17.87% José Serra (PSDB)14.64% Garotinho (PSB)11.61% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.09%	−70.73 pts	Left bloc	75.09%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)59.33% Lula (PT)27.64% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.15% Enéas (PRONA)2.41% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.75% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.56% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.44% Sirkis (PV)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.39% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.35% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.31% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.27%	+26.60 pts	Right bloc	68.26%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)67.52% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)23.48% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.47% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.46% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.56% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.95% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.89% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.67%	+51.25 pts	Right bloc	70.53%

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

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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.