CE · Russas - Limoeiro do Norte immediate region

Russas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Russas with 69.37% of valid votes against 30.63% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 38.74 points, 35.17 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −43.16pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 58,548; 19th 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.

Russas−38.74 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)69.37% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)30.63%	−38.74 pts	Left bloc	87.50%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.42% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)30.47% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.14% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.13% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.70% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−33.29 pts	Left bloc	84.85%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.19% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)28.81%	−42.37 pts	Left bloc	85.19%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.20% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.26% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.86% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.32% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−48.87 pts	Left bloc	84.78%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)73.38% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.62%	−46.75 pts	Left bloc	84.90%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)44.97% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.16% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.58% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.98% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.85% Marina Silva (REDE)0.52% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.32% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.32% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.15% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−53.56 pts	Left bloc	86.26%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.24% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.76%	−58.47 pts	Left bloc	80.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.91% Aécio Neves (PSDB)14.61% Marina Silva (PSB)12.81% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.68% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.30% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.27% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.22% Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−69.40 pts	Left bloc	81.79%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)78.75% José Serra (PSDB)21.25%	−57.49 pts	Left bloc	80.23%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)71.40% José Serra (PSDB)14.54% Marina Silva (PV)13.45% Plínio (PSOL)0.44% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−70.76 pts	Left bloc	82.65%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.72% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.28%	−57.43 pts	Left bloc	81.07%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.04% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.82% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.12% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.30% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.57% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−40.91 pts	Left bloc	84.93%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.00% José Serra (PSDB)23.00%	−54.01 pts	Left bloc	77.97%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)50.70% Lula (PT)36.94% José Serra (PSDB)6.76% Garotinho (PSB)5.49% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−86.47 pts	Left bloc	82.25%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)37.19% Ciro Gomes (PPS)31.96% Lula (PT)27.37% Enéas (PRONA)0.87% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.50% Eymael (PSDC)0.46% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.44% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.35% Sirkis (PV)0.27% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.26% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.19% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15%	−21.77 pts	Left bloc	79.15%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)77.18% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)13.33% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.55% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.48% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.24% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.15% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.77% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.30%	+71.80 pts	Right bloc	82.79%

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.