RN · Mossoró immediate region

Apodi: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Apodi with 75.46% of valid votes against 24.54% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 50.91 points, 47.34 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −54.49pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 30,222; 12th 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.

Apodi−50.91 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)75.46% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)24.54%	−50.91 pts	Left bloc	88.34%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.15% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)23.68% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.83% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.49% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.73% Samara (UP)0.05% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00%	−46.11 pts	Left bloc	85.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.97% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)22.03%	−55.93 pts	Left bloc	86.65%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.58% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.33% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.51% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.12% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−57.34 pts	Left bloc	85.69%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)76.73% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)23.27%	−53.46 pts	Left bloc	86.27%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)47.49% Ciro Gomes (PDT)31.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.28% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.89% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.68% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.53% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.49% Marina Silva (REDE)0.33% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.23% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.14% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−59.80 pts	Left bloc	86.04%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.50% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.50%	−69.01 pts	Left bloc	82.95%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)80.69% Aécio Neves (PSDB)10.59% Marina Silva (PSB)7.24% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.68% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.35% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−77.01 pts	Left bloc	82.33%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.04% José Serra (PSDB)18.96%	−62.07 pts	Left bloc	79.72%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)71.45% Marina Silva (PV)15.82% José Serra (PSDB)12.27% Plínio (PSOL)0.30% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−75.30 pts	Left bloc	83.12%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.32% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.68%	−62.65 pts	Left bloc	86.04%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.50% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.43% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.08% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−60.51 pts	Left bloc	86.51%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.70% José Serra (PSDB)42.30%	−15.41 pts	Left bloc	82.42%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.98% José Serra (PSDB)23.07% Ciro (PPS)16.22% Garotinho (PSB)14.54% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−53.87 pts	Left bloc	83.48%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)47.08% Lula (PT)24.57% Ciro Gomes (PPS)22.32% Enéas (PRONA)1.78% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.01% Sirkis (PV)0.79% Eymael (PSDC)0.59% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.54% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.38% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.37% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.29% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.28%	+0.79 pts	Right bloc	82.70%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)61.17% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)25.70% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)5.25% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.09% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.94% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.83% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.70% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.32%	+46.93 pts	Right bloc	85.55%

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.