CE · Sobral immediate region

Groaíras: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Groaíras with 62.09% of valid votes against 37.91% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 24.18 points, 20.61 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −32.56pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 9,843; 156th 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.

Groaíras−24.18 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)62.09% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.91%	−24.18 pts	Left bloc	82.69%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.48% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.78% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.63% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.62% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.27% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.07% Samara (UP)0.05% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−20.46 pts	Left bloc	81.41%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.34% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.66%	−38.67 pts	Left bloc	84.54%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.59% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.30% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.23% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.07% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.44% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.17% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−45.75 pts	Left bloc	83.77%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.38% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.62%	−36.76 pts	Left bloc	84.80%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)44.60% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.53% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.87% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.71% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.54% Marina Silva (REDE)0.26% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.21% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.20% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−53.34 pts	Left bloc	84.29%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)70.88% Aécio Neves (PSDB)29.12%	−41.75 pts	Left bloc	76.46%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.62% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.74% Marina Silva (PSB)11.12% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.60% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.43% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.33% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−54.65 pts	Left bloc	77.81%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.29% José Serra (PSDB)20.71%	−58.59 pts	Left bloc	77.50%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.25% José Serra (PSDB)19.94% Marina Silva (PV)8.84% Plínio (PSOL)0.65% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06%	−59.71 pts	Left bloc	80.21%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.45% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.55%	−66.89 pts	Left bloc	81.17%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.10% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.12% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.35% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.16% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.25% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−47.21 pts	Left bloc	83.61%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.39% José Serra (PSDB)25.61%	−48.77 pts	Left bloc	80.11%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)68.15% Lula (PT)19.02% José Serra (PSDB)8.79% Garotinho (PSB)3.97% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07%	−82.42 pts	Left bloc	83.16%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PPS)59.78% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)20.48% Lula (PT)16.47% Enéas (PRONA)0.54% +8 more Vasco Neto (PSN)0.48% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.48% Eymael (PSDC)0.39% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.39% Sirkis (PV)0.36% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.21% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.12%	−55.59 pts	Left bloc	90.69%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)68.08% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)21.31% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.98% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)3.25% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.34% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.01% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.83% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.20%	+55.72 pts	Right bloc	74.47%

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.