CE · São Benedito - Ipu - Guaraciaba do Norte - Tianguá immediate region

Croatá: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Croatá with 76.48% of valid votes against 23.52% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 52.96 points, 49.39 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −60.94pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 15,338; 116th largest electorate in Ceará
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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.

Croatá−52.96 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)76.48% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)23.52%	−52.96 pts	Left bloc	81.31%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.86% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)23.61% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.76% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.85% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.71% Samara (UP)0.09% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−47.49 pts	Left bloc	78.30%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.70%	−64.60 pts	Left bloc	78.93%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)78.14% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.70% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.64% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.96% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.33% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.13% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−69.58 pts	Left bloc	76.96%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)84.16% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)15.84%	−68.31 pts	Left bloc	86.77%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)46.84% Fernando Haddad (PT)41.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)8.97% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.34% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.88% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.41% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.26% Marina Silva (REDE)0.09% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−76.06 pts	Left bloc	81.91%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.80% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.20%	−69.59 pts	Left bloc	63.60%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)82.40% Aécio Neves (PSDB)9.70% Marina Silva (PSB)6.87% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.46% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.31% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−79.45 pts	Left bloc	62.41%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.64% José Serra (PSDB)17.36%	−65.28 pts	Left bloc	64.01%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.43% José Serra (PSDB)14.89% Marina Silva (PV)5.32% Plínio (PSOL)0.21% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	−70.07 pts	Left bloc	65.24%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)87.13% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)12.87%	−74.25 pts	Left bloc	70.42%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.81% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.90% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.06% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.78% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.31% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−65.30 pts	Left bloc	71.40%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)67.20% Lula (PT)32.80%	+34.39 pts	Right bloc	70.76%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)61.12% Lula (PT)18.16% José Serra (PSDB)15.70% Garotinho (PSB)4.93% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−68.59 pts	Left bloc	69.75%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)53.19% Ciro Gomes (PPS)40.99% Lula (PT)2.08% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.91% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.84% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.56% Sirkis (PV)0.44% Eymael (PSDC)0.33% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23% Enéas (PRONA)0.23% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.12% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.09%	+8.38 pts	Right bloc	67.52%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)79.23% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)11.21% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)3.97% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)3.79% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.73% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)0.48% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.30% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.30%	+91.47 pts	Right bloc	73.02%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(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.