CE · Fortaleza immediate region

Pacatuba: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Pacatuba with 62.60% of valid votes against 37.40% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 25.20 points, 21.63 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −29.45pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 57,824; 20th 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.

Pacatuba−25.20 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)62.60% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.40%	−25.20 pts	Left bloc	87.38%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.60% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.40% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.86% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.06% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.89% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−17.12 pts	Left bloc	85.77%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.08% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.92%	−26.16 pts	Left bloc	86.98%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.38% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.77% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.90% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.28% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.51% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−32.67 pts	Left bloc	86.76%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)64.51% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)35.49%	−29.02 pts	Left bloc	88.02%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)33.99% Ciro Gomes (PDT)32.41% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)28.46% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.19% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.07% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.73% Marina Silva (REDE)0.41% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.24% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.23% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.21% Eymael (DC)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−34.13 pts	Left bloc	89.40%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.79% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.21%	−59.57 pts	Left bloc	82.29%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)66.00% Marina Silva (PSB)17.18% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.62% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.15% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.60% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.21% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−69.13 pts	Left bloc	84.11%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.12% José Serra (PSDB)22.88%	−54.25 pts	Left bloc	79.80%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)62.75% Marina Silva (PV)21.40% José Serra (PSDB)14.91% Plínio (PSOL)0.64% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−69.86 pts	Left bloc	83.99%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.07% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)11.93%	−76.14 pts	Left bloc	82.48%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.59% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)20.66% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.32% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.17% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07%	−58.15 pts	Left bloc	85.64%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.82% José Serra (PSDB)17.18%	−65.65 pts	Left bloc	79.30%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.95% Ciro (PPS)31.05% Garotinho (PSB)11.86% José Serra (PSDB)5.94% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−88.12 pts	Left bloc	82.40%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.66% Ciro Gomes (PPS)31.23% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)14.66% Enéas (PRONA)0.53% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)0.30% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.27% Sirkis (PV)0.27% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.27% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.24% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.24% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.16% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15%	−67.84 pts	Left bloc	79.96%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)55.67% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)34.16% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.22% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.74% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.73% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.38% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.78% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.33%	+28.93 pts	Right bloc	83.10%

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.