CE · Acaraú immediate region

Cruz: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Cruz with 62.80% of valid votes against 37.20% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 25.59 points, 22.02 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −30.15pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 23,787; 69th 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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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

Cruz−25.59 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)62.80% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.20%	−25.59 pts	Left bloc	85.39%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.13% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.73% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.96% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.61% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.41% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−20.30 pts	Left bloc	82.29%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.20%	−27.60 pts	Left bloc	83.97%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.68% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.21% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.64% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.86% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.48% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−38.68 pts	Left bloc	81.51%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)69.71% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)30.29%	−39.43 pts	Left bloc	84.05%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)41.97% Ciro Gomes (PDT)38.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.69% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.90% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.45% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.42% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.29% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.21% Marina Silva (REDE)0.15% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−62.33 pts	Left bloc	83.14%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.96% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.04%	−39.91 pts	Left bloc	72.40%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)66.88% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.06% Marina Silva (PSB)6.86% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.37% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.31% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.25% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.17% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−48.66 pts	Left bloc	73.19%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)72.34% José Serra (PSDB)27.66%	−44.68 pts	Left bloc	70.02%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.31% José Serra (PSDB)23.94% Marina Silva (PV)5.40% Plínio (PSOL)0.22% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−51.96 pts	Left bloc	71.85%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.09% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.91%	−48.17 pts	Left bloc	75.98%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.02% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.93% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.94% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.83% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.25% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−33.55 pts	Left bloc	79.38%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.33% Lula (PT)48.67%	+2.67 pts	Right bloc	68.06%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)60.74% Lula (PT)22.92% José Serra (PSDB)10.33% Garotinho (PSB)5.96% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−79.34 pts	Left bloc	74.11%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)57.33% Ciro Gomes (PPS)27.27% Lula (PT)12.01% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.91% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.49% Sirkis (PV)0.41% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.33% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Enéas (PRONA)0.31% Eymael (PSDC)0.24% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.19% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.19%	+17.44 pts	Right bloc	68.59%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)82.73% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.29% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.97% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.08% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.05% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.32% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.32% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.24%	+78.79 pts	Right bloc	70.12%

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.