RN · Mossoró immediate region

Baraúna: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Baraúna with 67.36% of valid votes against 32.64% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 34.72 points, 31.15 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −36.30pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 22,038; 22th 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. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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.

Baraúna−34.72 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)67.36% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.64%	−34.72 pts	Left bloc	86.46%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.45% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)33.53% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.05% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.49% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.39% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00%	−29.07 pts	Left bloc	82.36%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.88%	−38.24 pts	Left bloc	84.14%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.65% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.58% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.74% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.28% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−42.43 pts	Left bloc	82.07%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.88%	−36.25 pts	Left bloc	80.00%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)47.27% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.12% Ciro Gomes (PDT)22.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.14% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.93% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.56% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.36% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.23% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.22% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−41.30 pts	Left bloc	79.73%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.67% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.33%	−39.35 pts	Left bloc	88.49%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.23% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.15% Marina Silva (PSB)14.41% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.97% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.61% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.31% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−57.32 pts	Left bloc	86.19%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)62.34% José Serra (PSDB)37.66%	−24.68 pts	Left bloc	82.58%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.31% José Serra (PSDB)27.36% Marina Silva (PV)13.94% Plínio (PSOL)0.23% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−45.12 pts	Left bloc	85.64%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.93% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.07%	−57.85 pts	Left bloc	88.63%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.19% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.71% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.27% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.57% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−48.06 pts	Left bloc	90.34%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)50.11% José Serra (PSDB)49.89%	−0.22 pts	Left bloc	71.35%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)32.10% Lula (PT)31.26% Ciro (PPS)24.64% Garotinho (PSB)11.91% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−35.80 pts	Left bloc	76.82%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)58.68% Lula (PT)18.57% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.55% Enéas (PRONA)1.21% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.06% Sirkis (PV)0.87% Eymael (PSDC)0.81% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.62% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.51% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.44% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.40% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.27%	+23.75 pts	Right bloc	80.89%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)67.95% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)22.04% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.38% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.63% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.68% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.13% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.67% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.52%	+53.68 pts	Right bloc	82.55%

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
2002(between rounds)·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.