PE · Limoeiro immediate region

Machados: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Machados with 77.20% of valid votes against 22.80% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 54.39 points, 50.82 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −53.95pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 11,108; 149th largest electorate in Pernambuco
Side changes: 2; 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.

Machados−54.39 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)77.20% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)22.80%	−54.39 pts	Left bloc	83.35%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.96% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)22.92% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.92% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.21% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.90% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Samara (UP)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−49.84 pts	Left bloc	81.36%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.25% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)22.75%	−54.49 pts	Left bloc	81.87%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.17% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.85% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.41% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.92% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.45% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.10% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−57.19 pts	Left bloc	80.48%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.87%	−60.26 pts	Left bloc	84.22%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)62.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.53% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.80% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.55% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.91% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.73% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.59% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.21% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−57.14 pts	Left bloc	84.17%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)70.21% Aécio Neves (PSDB)29.79%	−40.42 pts	Left bloc	73.64%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)57.63% Marina Silva (PSB)34.82% Aécio Neves (PSDB)6.72% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.45% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.10% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−86.10 pts	Left bloc	75.29%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.95% José Serra (PSDB)26.05%	−47.89 pts	Left bloc	75.07%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.50% José Serra (PSDB)21.10% Marina Silva (PV)8.08% Plínio (PSOL)0.18% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−57.60 pts	Left bloc	77.92%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.60% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.40%	−61.21 pts	Left bloc	84.58%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.11% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)20.66% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.50% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.47% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−58.16 pts	Left bloc	85.79%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.66% Lula (PT)47.34%	+5.32 pts	Right bloc	67.19%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)43.31% Lula (PT)38.60% Garotinho (PSB)9.93% Ciro (PPS)7.93% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−13.38 pts	Left bloc	70.91%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)56.30% Lula (PT)32.21% Ciro Gomes (PPS)3.84% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.54% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.41% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.99% Enéas (PRONA)0.84% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.62% Sirkis (PV)0.62% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.27% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.25%	+18.54 pts	Right bloc	67.92%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)51.97% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)41.00% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.95% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.64% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.10% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.04% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.96% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.34%	−6.15 pts	Left bloc	71.64%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.