PE · Recife immediate region · capital

Recife: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Recife with 61.27% of valid votes against 38.73% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 22.54 points, 18.97 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −15.40pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 1,230,247; 1th 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.

Recife−22.54 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)61.27% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.73%	−22.54 pts	Left bloc	86.40%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.29% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.37% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.56% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.80% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.58% Zema (NOVO)0.23% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−15.97 pts	Left bloc	84.06%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.32% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)43.68%	−12.64 pts	Left bloc	86.65%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.22% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.04% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.82% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.40% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.31% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−13.91 pts	Left bloc	85.83%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.50%	−4.99 pts	Left bloc	86.57%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.14% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.05% Ciro Gomes (PDT)16.71% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.38% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.00% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.89% Marina Silva (REDE)1.71% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.89% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.82% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.29% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+1.25 pts	Right bloc	87.10%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.17% Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.83%	−18.35 pts	Left bloc	91.69%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Marina Silva (PSB)63.29% Dilma (PT)26.20% Aécio Neves (PSDB)7.33% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.79% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.60% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.32% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.29% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−84.07 pts	Left bloc	92.79%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.35% José Serra (PSDB)33.65%	−32.70 pts	Left bloc	81.80%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)42.92% Marina Silva (PV)36.73% José Serra (PSDB)19.46% Plínio (PSOL)0.64% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−60.84 pts	Left bloc	84.32%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.90% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.10%	−43.81 pts	Left bloc	84.05%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.51% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.03% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.97% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.07% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.29% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−45.09 pts	Left bloc	85.24%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.47% José Serra (PSDB)36.53%	−26.95 pts	Left bloc	84.46%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.50% José Serra (PSDB)21.74% Garotinho (PSB)19.83% Ciro (PPS)7.60% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−56.52 pts	Left bloc	84.98%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)50.14% Lula (PT)37.77% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.80% Enéas (PRONA)1.22% +8 more Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.32% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Sirkis (PV)0.14% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.12% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.12% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.10% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	+3.88 pts	Right bloc	80.04%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)45.87% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)44.93% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.18% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.70% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.17% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.58% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.29% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.27%	+7.79 pts	Right bloc	84.93%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(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.