PE · Araripina immediate region

Santa Cruz: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Cruz with 84.42% of valid votes against 15.58% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 68.83 points, 65.26 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −73.33pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,839; 127th largest electorate in Pernambuco
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.

Santa Cruz−68.83 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)84.42% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)15.58%	−68.83 pts	Left bloc	81.23%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.38% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)15.83% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.07% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.00% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.71% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−64.90 pts	Left bloc	83.10%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.04% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)11.96%	−76.09 pts	Left bloc	82.48%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)85.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)11.59% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.75% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.56% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.33% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−74.96 pts	Left bloc	81.70%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)89.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)10.52%	−78.97 pts	Left bloc	73.49%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)78.61% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.51% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)8.72% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.60% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.58% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.47% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.18% Marina Silva (REDE)0.14% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.13% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−78.91 pts	Left bloc	78.19%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.10% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.90%	−74.21 pts	Left bloc	77.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)80.19% Marina Silva (PSB)14.61% Aécio Neves (PSDB)4.32% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.46% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.14% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−90.18 pts	Left bloc	82.72%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)90.46% José Serra (PSDB)9.54%	−80.91 pts	Left bloc	81.40%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)89.99% José Serra (PSDB)6.05% Marina Silva (PV)3.71% Plínio (PSOL)0.15% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−87.87 pts	Left bloc	86.58%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.10% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)11.90%	−76.19 pts	Left bloc	75.35%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.67% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.31% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.49% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.00% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.47% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−68.30 pts	Left bloc	80.60%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.17% José Serra (PSDB)46.83%	−6.35 pts	Left bloc	66.14%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.14% Ciro (PPS)23.37% José Serra (PSDB)20.04% Garotinho (PSB)9.15% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.29% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−59.93 pts	Left bloc	73.43%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)73.34% Lula (PT)17.92% Ciro Gomes (PPS)2.87% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.37% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)1.34% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.11% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.68% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.38% Enéas (PRONA)0.38% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.21% Sirkis (PV)0.21% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19%	+51.67 pts	Right bloc	73.02%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)58.90% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)22.17% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)11.37% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.98% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.89% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.65% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.56% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.47%	+32.92 pts	Right bloc	78.17%

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

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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.