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Aracaju: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Aracaju with 62.07% of valid votes against 37.93% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 24.14 points, 20.57 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −16.24pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 422,177; 1th largest electorate in Sergipe
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 2 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.

Aracaju−24.14 pts
Sergipe−39.07 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)62.07% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.93%	−24.14 pts	Left bloc	85.53%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.07% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.31% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.60% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.36% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.21% Zema (NOVO)0.17% Samara (UP)0.13% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−15.75 pts	Left bloc	83.42%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.26% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.74%	−14.51 pts	Left bloc	83.19%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.08% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.99% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.34% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.41% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.36% Vera (PSTU)0.09% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03%	−14.17 pts	Left bloc	83.18%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.76% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.24%	−5.51 pts	Left bloc	81.63%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.90% Fernando Haddad (PT)28.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)19.23% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.26% +9 more Marina Silva (REDE)2.57% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.75% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.58% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)1.21% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.83% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.58% Vera (PSTU)0.58% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.03%	−4.15 pts	Left bloc	81.76%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.85% Aécio Neves (PSDB)43.15%	−13.71 pts	Left bloc	84.67%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)38.05% Marina Silva (PSB)28.12% Aécio Neves (PSDB)28.06% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.48% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.42% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.82% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.56% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−39.79 pts	Left bloc	84.74%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)53.81% Dilma (PT)46.19%	+7.61 pts	Right bloc	81.41%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)40.15% Dilma (PT)34.97% Marina Silva (PV)23.23% Plínio (PSOL)1.12% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.25% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−19.31 pts	Left bloc	84.84%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.64% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)43.36%	−13.29 pts	Left bloc	84.25%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)44.84% Lula (PT)40.17% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)11.43% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.20% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.22% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−9.58 pts	Left bloc	86.55%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.39% José Serra (PSDB)28.61%	−42.79 pts	Left bloc	84.60%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.17% Garotinho (PSB)20.41% Ciro (PPS)13.19% José Serra (PSDB)9.27% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.90% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−81.45 pts	Left bloc	83.87%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.67% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)28.48% Ciro Gomes (PPS)15.12% Enéas (PRONA)1.85% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.42% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.40% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.27% Sirkis (PV)0.21% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.18% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.16% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.09%	−37.53 pts	Left bloc	82.14%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)53.16% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)30.30% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.66% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.27% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.71% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.17% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.39% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.35%	−9.75 pts	Left bloc	86.67%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(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.