CE · Acaraú immediate region

Acaraú: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Acaraú with 69.05% of valid votes against 30.95% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 38.09 points, 34.52 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −47.16pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 49,197; 29th largest electorate in Ceará
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.

Acaraú−38.09 pts
Ceará−37.86 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)69.05% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)30.95%	−38.09 pts	Left bloc	84.19%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.33% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.62% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.07% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.47% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.39% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−30.88 pts	Left bloc	80.96%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)26.87%	−46.25 pts	Left bloc	81.53%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.46% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)23.45% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.92% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.56% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.46% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−50.87 pts	Left bloc	80.87%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)79.36% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.64%	−58.72 pts	Left bloc	80.55%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)41.67% Fernando Haddad (PT)39.67% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)15.11% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.00% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.97% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.70% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.27% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.11% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	−63.62 pts	Left bloc	81.05%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.76% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.24%	−65.52 pts	Left bloc	71.82%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.85% Aécio Neves (PSDB)10.07% Marina Silva (PSB)8.99% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.35% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.29% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.13% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−78.67 pts	Left bloc	73.71%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.17% José Serra (PSDB)17.83%	−64.34 pts	Left bloc	68.48%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.25% José Serra (PSDB)13.10% Marina Silva (PV)11.06% Plínio (PSOL)0.39% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.01%	−73.65 pts	Left bloc	70.60%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)89.44% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.56%	−78.89 pts	Left bloc	75.32%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.94% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.24% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.54% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.98% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.18% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−66.93 pts	Left bloc	77.94%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.17% José Serra (PSDB)41.83%	−16.35 pts	Left bloc	65.01%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)46.83% Lula (PT)30.16% José Serra (PSDB)13.18% Garotinho (PSB)9.64% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−73.64 pts	Left bloc	70.11%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)46.95% Ciro Gomes (PPS)24.89% Lula (PT)23.96% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.76% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.73% Enéas (PRONA)0.63% Sirkis (PV)0.46% Eymael (PSDC)0.38% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.37% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.27% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26%	−2.35 pts	Left bloc	65.71%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)77.73% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.23% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.38% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.03% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.79% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.86% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.60% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.39%	+70.34 pts	Right bloc	72.32%

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

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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.