RN · Mossoró immediate region

Caraúbas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Caraúbas with 78.26% of valid votes against 21.74% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 56.53 points, 52.96 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −58.42pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 18,973; 26th 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.

Caraúbas−56.53 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)78.26% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.74%	−56.53 pts	Left bloc	84.91%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.28% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.86% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.41% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.65% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.68% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−51.51 pts	Left bloc	83.29%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)79.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)20.93%	−58.15 pts	Left bloc	81.61%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.58% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.51% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	−60.29 pts	Left bloc	81.50%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.72%	−60.55 pts	Left bloc	79.05%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)53.53% Ciro Gomes (PDT)26.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.23% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.99% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.59% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.50% Marina Silva (REDE)0.49% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.38% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.25% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−62.20 pts	Left bloc	80.07%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.51% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.49%	−65.01 pts	Left bloc	83.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.35% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.37% Marina Silva (PSB)9.69% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.62% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.42% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.35% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−73.88 pts	Left bloc	83.55%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.14% José Serra (PSDB)17.86%	−64.27 pts	Left bloc	86.19%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.78% Marina Silva (PV)11.82% José Serra (PSDB)11.81% Plínio (PSOL)0.29% +5 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−76.09 pts	Left bloc	90.61%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.74%	−66.52 pts	Left bloc	82.67%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)78.35% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.55% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.39% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.38% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.30% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−62.24 pts	Left bloc	84.21%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.47% José Serra (PSDB)44.53%	−10.93 pts	Left bloc	77.01%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)44.56% Ciro (PPS)20.99% José Serra (PSDB)17.95% Garotinho (PSB)16.35% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−64.11 pts	Left bloc	81.17%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)43.34% Ciro Gomes (PPS)28.09% Lula (PT)22.47% Enéas (PRONA)1.11% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.06% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.02% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.74% Eymael (PSDC)0.71% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.47% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.38% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.28%	−7.68 pts	Left bloc	80.22%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)60.98% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.42% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.80% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.04% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.69% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.33% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.32% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+41.78 pts	Right bloc	82.09%

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.