CE · Fortaleza immediate region

Paraipaba: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Paraipaba with 63.05% of valid votes against 36.95% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 26.10 points, 22.53 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −30.95pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 27,584; 59th 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.

Paraipaba−26.10 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)63.05% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.95%	−26.10 pts	Left bloc	87.00%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.90% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.29% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.65% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.58% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.46% Samara (UP)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Zema (NOVO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−19.24 pts	Left bloc	85.44%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.93%	−26.14 pts	Left bloc	85.34%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.53% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.47% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.12% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.20% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.51% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−31.38 pts	Left bloc	85.75%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.85%	−36.31 pts	Left bloc	84.73%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)36.92% Ciro Gomes (PDT)34.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.52% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.16% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.72% Marina Silva (REDE)0.28% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.22% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.22% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−43.19 pts	Left bloc	87.08%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)78.27% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.73%	−56.54 pts	Left bloc	78.78%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)72.21% Aécio Neves (PSDB)14.37% Marina Silva (PSB)11.32% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.33% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.27% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−68.01 pts	Left bloc	82.12%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.30% José Serra (PSDB)18.70%	−62.60 pts	Left bloc	78.82%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.44% José Serra (PSDB)12.61% Marina Silva (PV)10.30% Plínio (PSOL)0.37% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−74.44 pts	Left bloc	83.04%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.63% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)11.37%	−77.26 pts	Left bloc	81.41%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.14% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.94% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.47% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.14% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06%	−67.50 pts	Left bloc	85.08%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.93% José Serra (PSDB)39.07%	−21.87 pts	Left bloc	82.04%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)64.99% Lula (PT)15.40% José Serra (PSDB)10.75% Garotinho (PSB)8.72% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−78.49 pts	Left bloc	86.74%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PPS)59.34% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)26.01% Lula (PT)11.81% Enéas (PRONA)0.59% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.55% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.36% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.28% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.24% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.05%	−45.31 pts	Left bloc	91.35%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)71.95% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)13.83% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)7.31% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.49% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.02% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.06% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.03% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.31%	+70.22 pts	Right bloc	72.11%

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.