RN · Currais Novos immediate region

Acari: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Acari with 66.52% of valid votes against 33.48% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 33.04 points, 29.47 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −32.80pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 9,369; 66th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Norte
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.

Acari−33.04 pts
Rio Grande do Norte−31.44 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)66.52% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)33.48%	−33.04 pts	Left bloc	82.93%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.78% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.24% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.98% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.81% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.01% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Samara (UP)0.07% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−25.70 pts	Left bloc	80.37%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.85%	−36.30 pts	Left bloc	81.65%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.17% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.69% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.21% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.32% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.28% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−39.02 pts	Left bloc	80.56%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)63.67% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)36.33%	−27.35 pts	Left bloc	79.29%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)36.69% Fernando Haddad (PT)29.87% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.85% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.27% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.81% Marina Silva (REDE)0.72% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.70% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.42% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.33% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.23% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−35.18 pts	Left bloc	81.03%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.38% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.62%	−34.75 pts	Left bloc	80.45%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.71% Aécio Neves (PSDB)28.85% Marina Silva (PSB)9.38% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.74% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.45% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.41% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01%	−40.31 pts	Left bloc	79.02%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.90% José Serra (PSDB)40.10%	−19.81 pts	Left bloc	75.92%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.31% José Serra (PSDB)26.33% Marina Silva (PV)20.01% Plínio (PSOL)0.93% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06%	−46.85 pts	Left bloc	83.72%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.51% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.49%	−43.01 pts	Left bloc	83.53%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.25% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.53% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.99% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.71% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.37% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.10% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−33.90 pts	Left bloc	84.35%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.16% José Serra (PSDB)39.84%	−20.32 pts	Left bloc	80.06%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.78% José Serra (PSDB)24.83% Ciro (PPS)19.65% Garotinho (PSB)7.32% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.37% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−50.35 pts	Left bloc	83.09%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)44.47% Ciro Gomes (PPS)30.34% Lula (PT)19.25% Enéas (PRONA)1.82% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.14% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.62% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.60% Eymael (PSDC)0.52% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.44% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.30% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.28% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.22%	−4.14 pts	Left bloc	80.94%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)71.44% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)15.36% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.02% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.88% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.40% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.00% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.67% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.23%	+67.27 pts	Right bloc	83.53%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.