CE · Crateús immediate region

Ararendá: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Ararendá with 73.29% of valid votes against 26.71% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 46.58 points, 43.01 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −51.32pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 9,706; 159th 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.

Ararendá−46.58 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)73.29% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)26.71%	−46.58 pts	Left bloc	84.75%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.68% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.05% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.48% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.98% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.57% Zema (NOVO)0.13% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−46.54 pts	Left bloc	83.31%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)22.28%	−55.43 pts	Left bloc	77.64%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.79% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.79% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.11% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.75% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.45% 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%	−59.83 pts	Left bloc	76.58%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)77.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)22.01%	−55.98 pts	Left bloc	71.21%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.02% Ciro Gomes (PDT)25.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)12.28% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.05% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.90% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.50% Marina Silva (REDE)0.22% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.08% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.07% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−70.15 pts	Left bloc	70.72%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)75.54% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.46%	−51.09 pts	Left bloc	70.95%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.56% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.80% Marina Silva (PSB)11.21% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.14% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−74.01 pts	Left bloc	71.71%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.32% José Serra (PSDB)17.68%	−64.64 pts	Left bloc	71.96%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.75% José Serra (PSDB)16.31% Marina Silva (PV)3.73% Plínio (PSOL)0.07% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−67.20 pts	Left bloc	73.82%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)79.57% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)20.43%	−59.13 pts	Left bloc	84.03%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.00% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.76% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.54% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.31% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07%	−47.03 pts	Left bloc	85.66%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.29% José Serra (PSDB)44.71%	−10.59 pts	Left bloc	68.19%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)41.16% José Serra (PSDB)26.94% Lula (PT)26.09% Garotinho (PSB)5.72% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08%	−46.13 pts	Left bloc	69.08%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)52.93% Ciro Gomes (PPS)26.71% Lula (PT)14.56% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.21% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.90% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.87% Enéas (PRONA)0.85% Sirkis (PV)0.60% Eymael (PSDC)0.46% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.36% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.31% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.24%	+10.30 pts	Right bloc	67.94%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)82.70% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)7.98% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.74% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.60% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.64% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)0.60% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.46% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.28%	+83.11 pts	Right bloc	74.12%

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.