CE · Crateús immediate region

Nova Russas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Nova Russas with 70.63% of valid votes against 29.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 41.26 points, 37.69 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −43.93pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 24,870; 66th 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.

Nova Russas−41.26 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)70.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.37%	−41.26 pts	Left bloc	82.66%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.69% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.09% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.83% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.59% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.65% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−37.20 pts	Left bloc	81.21%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.06% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.94%	−38.12 pts	Left bloc	75.20%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.95% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.18% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.30% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.82% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.52% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−48.68 pts	Left bloc	74.65%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.23% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.77%	−50.45 pts	Left bloc	69.70%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)44.83% Fernando Haddad (PT)33.88% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)18.13% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.86% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.86% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.79% Marina Silva (REDE)0.17% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.17% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.15% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.12% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−58.11 pts	Left bloc	71.62%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.73% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.27%	−61.45 pts	Left bloc	68.74%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.77% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.80% Marina Silva (PSB)9.05% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.52% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.33% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.20% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−72.93 pts	Left bloc	70.65%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.47% José Serra (PSDB)15.53%	−68.94 pts	Left bloc	71.59%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.96% José Serra (PSDB)11.84% Marina Silva (PV)7.47% Plínio (PSOL)0.33% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.20% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−75.82 pts	Left bloc	73.53%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)87.42% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)12.58%	−74.84 pts	Left bloc	81.74%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.28% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.15% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.14% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.62% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.38% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.27% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.15%	−66.09 pts	Left bloc	84.26%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.94% José Serra (PSDB)37.06%	−25.89 pts	Left bloc	63.18%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)54.76% Lula (PT)27.19% José Serra (PSDB)13.02% Garotinho (PSB)4.95% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−73.96 pts	Left bloc	67.42%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PPS)40.55% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)36.86% Lula (PT)19.24% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.61% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.56% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.50% Enéas (PRONA)0.36% Eymael (PSDC)0.32% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.30% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.29% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.21% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.21%	−23.48 pts	Left bloc	65.08%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)65.72% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)18.94% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)8.29% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.73% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.65% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.48% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.86% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.33%	+60.39 pts	Right bloc	72.28%

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.