RN · Pau dos Ferros immediate region

Almino Afonso: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Almino Afonso with 82.31% of valid votes against 17.69% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 64.62 points, 61.05 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −64.91pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,164; 113th 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.

Almino Afonso−64.62 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)82.31% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)17.69%	−64.62 pts	Left bloc	83.08%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)78.53% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)18.21% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.58% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.08% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.31% Zema (NOVO)0.12% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.07% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Samara (UP)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−60.47 pts	Left bloc	83.99%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.95% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.05%	−65.90 pts	Left bloc	79.71%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)15.68% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.79% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.27% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.29% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−65.18 pts	Left bloc	84.16%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)83.08% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.92%	−66.17 pts	Left bloc	74.98%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)64.47% Ciro Gomes (PDT)18.37% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.16% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.74% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.56% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.50% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.48% Marina Silva (REDE)0.26% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.21% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.19% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−66.69 pts	Left bloc	83.18%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.53% Aécio Neves (PSDB)18.47%	−63.06 pts	Left bloc	83.94%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.36% Aécio Neves (PSDB)14.43% Marina Silva (PSB)8.43% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.63% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.60% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.27% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−69.56 pts	Left bloc	88.74%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.04% José Serra (PSDB)19.96%	−60.07 pts	Left bloc	75.21%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)73.18% José Serra (PSDB)14.37% Marina Silva (PV)11.99% Plínio (PSOL)0.30% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−71.14 pts	Left bloc	88.27%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)84.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.79%	−68.43 pts	Left bloc	79.82%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.00% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.50% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.54% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.39% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.22% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.08%	−62.61 pts	Left bloc	84.85%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)59.74% Lula (PT)40.26%	+19.49 pts	Right bloc	87.41%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)45.88% Lula (PT)35.31% Garotinho (PSB)12.24% Ciro (PPS)6.19% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−8.25 pts	Left bloc	90.02%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)54.26% Lula (PT)19.79% Ciro Gomes (PPS)19.34% Enéas (PRONA)1.27% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)1.01% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.93% Sirkis (PV)0.86% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.78% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.63% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.45% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.41% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.26%	+15.31 pts	Right bloc	76.27%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)60.83% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)26.01% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.54% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.34% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.74% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.32% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.79% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.42%	+44.50 pts	Right bloc	80.43%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2006(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.