CE · Canindé immediate region

Madalena: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Madalena with 79.63% of valid votes against 20.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 59.27 points, 55.70 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −66.15pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 14,765; 121th 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.

Madalena−59.27 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)79.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.37%	−59.27 pts	Left bloc	82.34%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.95% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.28% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.77% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.35% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.50% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−53.59 pts	Left bloc	82.39%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.38% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)16.62%	−66.75 pts	Left bloc	80.93%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.24% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.47% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.68% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.36% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−69.21 pts	Left bloc	82.73%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)87.67% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)12.33%	−75.35 pts	Left bloc	79.90%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)47.47% Ciro Gomes (PDT)40.06% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)9.67% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.85% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.65% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.45% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.24% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.19% Marina Silva (REDE)0.15% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.14% Eymael (DC)0.11% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−75.79 pts	Left bloc	84.06%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.97% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.03%	−75.93 pts	Left bloc	70.99%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)84.62% Aécio Neves (PSDB)7.62% Marina Silva (PSB)6.39% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.49% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.46% Eymael (PSDC)0.16% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00%	−83.36 pts	Left bloc	75.83%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)89.26% José Serra (PSDB)10.74%	−78.52 pts	Left bloc	72.42%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)84.73% José Serra (PSDB)9.87% Marina Silva (PV)4.95% Plínio (PSOL)0.34% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.01% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−80.11 pts	Left bloc	77.70%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)87.03% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)12.97%	−74.07 pts	Left bloc	75.45%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)78.92% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.60% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.66% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.63% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−64.42 pts	Left bloc	79.97%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.01% José Serra (PSDB)25.99%	−48.02 pts	Left bloc	70.42%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.39% Ciro (PPS)40.10% José Serra (PSDB)7.05% Garotinho (PSB)4.37% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08%	−85.89 pts	Left bloc	75.46%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PPS)34.67% Lula (PT)31.77% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)31.00% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.44% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)0.40% Sirkis (PV)0.34% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.34% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.25% Eymael (PSDC)0.23% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.21% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.04%	−35.61 pts	Left bloc	71.64%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)55.05% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)38.22% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.75% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.54% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.89% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)0.87% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.45% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.24%	+22.65 pts	Right bloc	74.00%

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.