RN · Canguaretama immediate region

Baía Formosa: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Baía Formosa with 64.70% of valid votes against 35.30% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 29.41 points, 25.84 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −31.40pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,400; 82th 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.

Baía Formosa−29.41 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)64.70% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)35.30%	−29.41 pts	Left bloc	80.92%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.95% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.19% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.23% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.54% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.97% Clariana Barao (DC)0.07% Samara (UP)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−22.46 pts	Left bloc	79.77%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.10%	−27.80 pts	Left bloc	78.54%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.30% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.71% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.38% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.11% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−30.15 pts	Left bloc	79.48%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)67.85% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.15%	−35.69 pts	Left bloc	79.62%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)49.61% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.06% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.96% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.52% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.01% Marina Silva (REDE)0.55% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.41% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.37% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.24% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.16% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	−30.69 pts	Left bloc	81.69%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)71.99% Aécio Neves (PSDB)28.01%	−43.99 pts	Left bloc	73.09%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.35% Marina Silva (PSB)24.67% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.93% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.29% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.21% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.21% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	−69.06 pts	Left bloc	74.86%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.91% José Serra (PSDB)45.09%	−9.82 pts	Left bloc	70.21%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.94% José Serra (PSDB)36.19% Marina Silva (PV)16.45% Plínio (PSOL)0.25% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−27.40 pts	Left bloc	77.46%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.91% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.09%	−47.83 pts	Left bloc	75.06%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.91% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.37% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.83% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.13% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.57% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.09%	−37.75 pts	Left bloc	79.09%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)50.89% José Serra (PSDB)49.11%	−1.79 pts	Left bloc	67.02%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)36.84% Garotinho (PSB)36.81% José Serra (PSDB)16.95% Ciro (PPS)9.09% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.27% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−66.09 pts	Left bloc	74.98%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)51.64% Lula (PT)30.64% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.56% Enéas (PRONA)1.81% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.16% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.82% Eymael (PSDC)0.68% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.62% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.24% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.21%	+9.78 pts	Right bloc	73.04%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)57.83% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)28.71% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)5.71% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.20% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.51% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.86% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.65% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.53%	+40.86 pts	Right bloc	73.68%

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.