PE · Palmares immediate region

Catende: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Catende with 75.50% of valid votes against 24.50% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 51.00 points, 47.43 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −51.01pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 25,874; 57th 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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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

Catende−51.00 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)75.50% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)24.50%	−51.00 pts	Left bloc	80.68%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.04% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.60% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.91% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.19% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.15% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Samara (UP)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00%	−43.97 pts	Left bloc	78.75%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.21% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)26.79%	−46.42 pts	Left bloc	77.12%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.27% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.85% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.33% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.11% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−48.32 pts	Left bloc	76.98%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)77.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)22.91%	−54.18 pts	Left bloc	74.28%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)62.88% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)21.90% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.92% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.78% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.49% Marina Silva (REDE)0.54% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.52% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.47% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.24% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−47.30 pts	Left bloc	76.29%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.54%	−60.92 pts	Left bloc	80.78%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.89% Marina Silva (PSB)35.52% Aécio Neves (PSDB)4.61% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.34% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−89.89 pts	Left bloc	82.15%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)85.95% José Serra (PSDB)14.05%	−71.89 pts	Left bloc	68.34%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.63% José Serra (PSDB)10.98% Marina Silva (PV)9.11% Plínio (PSOL)0.20% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02%	−77.97 pts	Left bloc	72.58%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.94% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)14.06%	−71.88 pts	Left bloc	72.06%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.06% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.37% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.18% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.13% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−68.74 pts	Left bloc	74.31%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.12% Lula (PT)48.88%	+2.23 pts	Right bloc	68.41%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)38.88% José Serra (PSDB)28.47% Garotinho (PSB)24.20% Ciro (PPS)8.17% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.26% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−43.06 pts	Left bloc	71.45%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)67.25% Lula (PT)18.18% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.22% Enéas (PRONA)1.76% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.04% Eymael (PSDC)1.00% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.94% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.79% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.57% Sirkis (PV)0.50% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.38% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.38%	+42.66 pts	Right bloc	65.33%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)57.12% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)31.70% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.64% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.60% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.63% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.94% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.88% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.49%	+33.35 pts	Right bloc	72.04%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(Round 2)·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.