CE · Fortaleza immediate region

Maracanaú: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Maracanaú with 61.30% of valid votes against 38.70% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 22.60 points, 19.03 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −25.48pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 179,475; 4th 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.

Maracanaú−22.60 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)61.30% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.70%	−22.60 pts	Left bloc	89.25%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.33% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.14% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.00% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.36% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.94% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−14.89 pts	Left bloc	87.61%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.71% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.29%	−21.43 pts	Left bloc	88.59%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.84% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.39% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.41% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.60% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−27.90 pts	Left bloc	88.00%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)60.69% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.31%	−21.37 pts	Left bloc	88.59%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)34.21% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.13% Fernando Haddad (PT)28.36% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.15% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.20% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.54% Marina Silva (REDE)0.48% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.39% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.31% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−26.82 pts	Left bloc	89.22%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.91% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.09%	−59.83 pts	Left bloc	83.04%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.75% Marina Silva (PSB)21.04% Aécio Neves (PSDB)11.35% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.49% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.75% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.26% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−73.47 pts	Left bloc	84.38%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.60% José Serra (PSDB)18.40%	−63.19 pts	Left bloc	82.37%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)62.36% Marina Silva (PV)25.17% José Serra (PSDB)11.23% Plínio (PSOL)0.92% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−77.30 pts	Left bloc	84.98%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)89.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.17%	−79.66 pts	Left bloc	83.84%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.60% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)14.81% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.95% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.39% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.12% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−69.88 pts	Left bloc	85.95%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)89.45% José Serra (PSDB)10.55%	−78.91 pts	Left bloc	82.58%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.52% Ciro (PPS)25.77% Garotinho (PSB)12.77% José Serra (PSDB)3.71% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−92.57 pts	Left bloc	84.41%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.91% Ciro Gomes (PPS)27.38% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)19.59% Enéas (PRONA)0.31% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.16% Sirkis (PV)0.12% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.09% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.05% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−59.43 pts	Left bloc	79.00%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)47.94% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)40.49% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.01% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.68% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.61% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.13% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.76% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.39%	+15.81 pts	Right bloc	82.75%

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.