CE · Fortaleza immediate region · capital

Fortaleza: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Fortaleza with 60.07% of valid votes against 39.93% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 20.15 points, 16.58 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −18.55pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 1,795,592; 1th 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.

Fortaleza−20.15 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)60.07% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.93%	−20.15 pts	Left bloc	88.98%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.48% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.34% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.01% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.53% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.25% Zema (NOVO)0.16% Samara (UP)0.11% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−13.36 pts	Left bloc	86.98%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.18% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.82%	−16.36 pts	Left bloc	84.13%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.20% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.17% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.66% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.02% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.53% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.26% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−23.92 pts	Left bloc	83.50%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)55.61% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)44.39%	−11.23 pts	Left bloc	81.57%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)40.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.38% Fernando Haddad (PT)19.31% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.77% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.13% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.13% Marina Silva (REDE)0.67% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.57% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.50% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.29% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−21.51 pts	Left bloc	82.54%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.91% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.09%	−35.81 pts	Left bloc	82.47%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)51.59% Marina Silva (PSB)22.94% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.13% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.62% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.94% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.73% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.67% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.20% Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−56.18 pts	Left bloc	83.49%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)71.81% José Serra (PSDB)28.19%	−43.61 pts	Left bloc	81.78%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)50.72% Marina Silva (PV)31.39% José Serra (PSDB)16.08% Plínio (PSOL)1.46% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−67.49 pts	Left bloc	84.20%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.64% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.36%	−63.28 pts	Left bloc	85.21%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.13% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.38% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.64% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09%	−57.12 pts	Left bloc	86.26%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.32% José Serra (PSDB)11.68%	−76.64 pts	Left bloc	84.60%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.54% Ciro (PPS)32.84% Garotinho (PSB)9.61% José Serra (PSDB)2.79% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.19% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−94.41 pts	Left bloc	85.73%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.82% Ciro Gomes (PPS)34.77% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)15.08% Enéas (PRONA)0.40% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.20% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.18% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.17% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.14% Sirkis (PV)0.11% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.06% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−68.24 pts	Left bloc	79.64%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)46.07% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)42.59% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.13% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.55% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.69% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.07% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.57% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.33%	+11.45 pts	Right bloc	84.32%

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.