PE · Caruaru immediate region

Caruaru: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Caruaru with 59.60% of valid votes against 40.40% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 19.20 points, 15.63 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −15.44pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 255,248; 4th largest electorate in Pernambuco
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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.

Caruaru−19.20 pts
Pernambuco−38.40 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)59.60% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.40%	−19.20 pts	Left bloc	88.47%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.32% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.23% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.90% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.80% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.52% Zema (NOVO)0.10% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−12.62 pts	Left bloc	85.06%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.69% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.31%	−15.38 pts	Left bloc	86.96%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.02% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)38.49% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.83% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.00% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.30% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.24% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	−17.83 pts	Left bloc	85.68%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)53.97% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)46.03%	−7.93 pts	Left bloc	85.76%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)41.56% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.89% Ciro Gomes (PDT)18.82% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.19% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.28% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.90% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.88% Marina Silva (REDE)0.85% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.35% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.24% Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−3.86 pts	Left bloc	84.95%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.03% Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.97%	−18.06 pts	Left bloc	89.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Marina Silva (PSB)59.72% Dilma (PT)31.62% Aécio Neves (PSDB)6.98% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.77% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.32% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.27% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−84.92 pts	Left bloc	89.33%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.09% José Serra (PSDB)33.91%	−32.17 pts	Left bloc	82.96%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.53% José Serra (PSDB)29.44% Marina Silva (PV)14.42% Plínio (PSOL)0.40% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−40.87 pts	Left bloc	84.24%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.76% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.24%	−47.52 pts	Left bloc	85.01%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.35% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.46% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.27% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.74% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−38.72 pts	Left bloc	85.76%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)58.68% Lula (PT)41.32%	+17.36 pts	Right bloc	81.17%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)40.93% Lula (PT)36.81% Garotinho (PSB)14.37% Ciro (PPS)7.66% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.19% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−18.13 pts	Left bloc	82.70%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)69.37% Lula (PT)21.44% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.67% Enéas (PRONA)0.81% +8 more Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.14% Sirkis (PV)0.12% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.11% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.09% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.05%	+41.13 pts	Right bloc	76.41%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.53% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)25.14% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.65% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.94% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.29% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.63% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.50% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.32%	+47.15 pts	Right bloc	80.52%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2006(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(between rounds)·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.