CE · Acaraú immediate region

Itarema: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Itarema with 64.77% of valid votes against 35.23% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 29.54 points, 25.97 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −37.17pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 34,501; 45th 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.

Itarema−29.54 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)64.77% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)35.23%	−29.54 pts	Left bloc	82.59%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.23% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.18% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.08% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.03% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.40% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−22.67 pts	Left bloc	81.32%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)65.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.40%	−31.20 pts	Left bloc	80.18%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.10% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.98% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.83% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.71% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−36.52 pts	Left bloc	80.02%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.01%	−51.99 pts	Left bloc	78.40%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)42.72% Ciro Gomes (PDT)36.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.57% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.29% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.00% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.63% Marina Silva (REDE)0.19% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.13% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−58.51 pts	Left bloc	81.18%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.22% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.78%	−58.45 pts	Left bloc	72.73%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)74.07% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.90% Marina Silva (PSB)10.77% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.46% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.28% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.23% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−70.80 pts	Left bloc	76.73%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.50% José Serra (PSDB)25.50%	−49.00 pts	Left bloc	69.32%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)71.11% José Serra (PSDB)21.00% Marina Silva (PV)7.58% Plínio (PSOL)0.23% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−57.89 pts	Left bloc	73.51%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)87.69% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)12.31%	−75.38 pts	Left bloc	73.53%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.51% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.35% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.23% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−64.67 pts	Left bloc	78.29%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)51.07% José Serra (PSDB)48.93%	−2.15 pts	Left bloc	62.45%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)59.22% Lula (PT)22.87% José Serra (PSDB)12.25% Garotinho (PSB)5.53% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−75.51 pts	Left bloc	69.42%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)52.09% Ciro Gomes (PPS)23.70% Lula (PT)20.66% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.74% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.51% Sirkis (PV)0.51% Eymael (PSDC)0.44% Enéas (PRONA)0.42% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.24% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.21% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.16%	+7.27 pts	Right bloc	65.17%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.38% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)18.62% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)3.08% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.95% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.15% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.02% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.50% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+61.76 pts	Right bloc	68.12%

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.