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Ceará

Capital Fortaleza. 9.302.211 people (IBGE 2026), 6.996.545 electors, 184 municipalities. 22 federal deputies, 46 seats in the Assembleia Legislativa, three senators. On 25 October Lula won here with 68,9%.

Electors per deputy
318.025
21th fewest of 27 · a vote weighs 1,5× one in São Paulo
Turnout
84,5%
first round · runoff 86,1%
Quociente eleitoral
250.984
Chamber · assembly 118.599

Governor · Governador

Who governs
Ceará.

  • In office

    Elmano de Freitas (PT)

    Until 6 Jan 2027

  • Elected 2026

    Elmano de Freitas (PT)

    Won in the first round, 4 Oct · takes office 6 Jan 2027

Governor, first round · 4 Oct · 5.406.095 valid votes
  • Elmano de Freitas PT 53,2%
  • Ciro Gomes PSDB 46,2%
  • Delegado Huggo MISSÃO 0,3%
  • Vera Lúcia NOVO 0,1%
  • Serley Leal UP 0,1%
  • Zé Batista PSTU 0,0%
  • Danilo Soares DEMOCRATA 0,0%
  • Ieri Braga PCO 0,0%

President · both rounds

The national vote,
here.

5.910.471 voted in the first round (84,5% of electors), 103.295 blank and 189.362 null. Blank and null ballots do not count toward the majority (Constitution art. 77 §2).

First round · 4 Oct · 5.617.814 valid votes
  • Lula PT 63,3%
  • Flavio Bolsonaro PL 31,3%
  • Escritor Augusto Cury AVANTE 2,5%
  • Renan Santos MISSÃO 1,9%
  • Ronaldo Caiado PSD 0,8%
  • Zema NOVO 0,1%
Runoff · 25 Oct · 5.855.602 valid votes
  • Lula 4.036.124 68,93%
  • Flavio Bolsonaro 1.819.478 31,07%

Senate · two seats in 2026

Two senators
elected.

  • Cid Gomes (PSB)

    3.033.562 votes · 31,2% · CEARÁ FORTE, DO LADO CERTO

  • Luizianne (REDE)

    2.822.806 votes · 29,1% · CEARÁ FORTE, DO LADO CERTO

Each voter cast two votes; the two most voted won eight-year terms from 1 Feb 2027. Shares are of all valid senate votes.

Senate · most-voted candidates
  • Cid Gomes PSB 31,2%
  • Luizianne REDE 29,1%
  • Capitão Wagner UNIÃO 20,7%
  • Alcides Fernandes PL 18,3%
  • Catarina Matos UP 0,4%
  • Guilherme Theophilo NOVO 0,3%

Chamber of Deputies · 22 seats · QE 250.984

22 federal
deputies.

5.521.642 valid votes for the Chamber. 15 seats went to lists by quociente partidário and 7 as leftovers. André Fernandes (PL) had 2,7 quotients of personal votes and carried 1 list-mate. Every step in the seat lab →

PL 4 · PSB 4 · PSD 3 · PT 3 · MDB 2 · PP 2 · PRD 1 · REPUBLICANOS 1 · SOLIDARIEDADE 1 · UNIÃO 1

Assembleia Legislativa · 46 seats · QE 118.599

The state legislature.

Elected the same day by the same open-list rule: 5.455.572 valid votes, 40 seats by quotient and 6 as leftovers. Seats: three times the state's federal deputies up to 36, then one more per deputy above 12 (Constitution art. 27).

PSB 13 · PT 11 · PL 6 · PSD 3 · PSDB 3 · PSOL 2 · REPUBLICANOS 2 · UNIÃO 2 · MDB 1 · PP 1 · PV 1 · SOLIDARIEDADE 1

The 46 elected, by votes

Tancredo dos Santos (PL, 151.396), Gabriel Biologia (PSOL, 141.749), Bella Carmelo (PL, 130.802), Abreu Junior (PL, 127.034), Romeu Aldigueri (PSB, 112.303), Liziany Medeiros (PT, 102.659), Davi de Raimundão (MDB, 95.814), Lais Nunes (PT, 92.485), Osmar Baquit (PSB, 90.218), Sérgio Aguiar (PSB, 88.148), Jade Romero (PT, 85.490), Zezinho Albuquerque (PP, 82.693), Moses Filho (UNIÃO, 82.423), Catanho (PT, 80.441), Guilherme Landim (PSB, 80.192), Jô Farias (PT, 79.829), De Assis Diniz (PT, 76.854), Domingos Filho (PSD, 74.914), Jeová Mota (PSB, 73.211), Fabiola Carneiro (PSB, 73.029), Franzé Carneiro (PT, 71.685), Missias Dias (PT, 71.111), Marcos Sobreira (PSB, 70.941), Elizeu Monteiro (PSB, 70.411), Paloma Nunes (PSB, 69.064), Manu Pimenta (PSB, 69.000), Gadyel (PT, 67.370), Firmo Camurça (PSD, 67.171), Dra Silvana (PL, 66.473), Marta Gonçalves (PSB, 65.340), Ilo Neto (PT, 65.004), Dr. Geronimo (PSB, 61.571), João Jaime (PV, 58.478), Lia Gomes (PSB, 54.433), James Bel (UNIÃO, 52.070), Moisés Braz (PT, 51.453), David Durand (REPUBLICANOS, 49.051), Felipe Vasques (PSDB, 48.104), Simão Pedro (PSD, 42.840), Leo Suricate (PSOL, 39.510), Davi Benevides (PSDB, 38.833), Georgia do Marcelão (SOLIDARIEDADE, 38.288), Gardel Rolim (REPUBLICANOS, 36.236), Emilia Pessoa (PSDB, 35.902), Dra Mayra Pinheiro (PL, 34.752), Pastor Frota (PL, 28.316)

Photos: Ciro Ferreira Gomes — CartaCapital/CartaPlay, CC BY 3.0 · Cid Ferreira Gomes — Agência Senado, Attribution · Luizianne de Oliveira Lins — Antônio Cruz/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br · Wagner Sousa Gomes — Michel Jesus/ Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · André Fernandes — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Yury do Paredão — Câmera dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Domingos Neto — Ribras, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robério Monteiro — Alexandre Amarante, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moses Rodrigues — Senado Federal, CC BY 2.0 · Idilvan — Alexandre Amarante, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Matheus Noronha — Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (Brazil), CC BY 3.0 · Fernanda Pessoa — Zeca Ribeiro/Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Danilo Forte — Laycer Tomaz / Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dr Jaziel — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.