RN · Currais Novos immediate region

Currais Novos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Currais Novos with 64.83% of valid votes against 35.17% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 29.65 points, 26.08 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −26.64pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 32,919; 11th 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.

Currais Novos−29.65 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)64.83% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)35.17%	−29.65 pts	Left bloc	82.92%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.27% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.99% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.14% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.51% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.88% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−25.05 pts	Left bloc	80.58%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.34% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.66%	−26.69 pts	Left bloc	81.05%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.49% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.87% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.91% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.16% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.15% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	−30.47 pts	Left bloc	79.87%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)61.17% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)38.83%	−22.34 pts	Left bloc	80.60%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)38.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.61% Ciro Gomes (PDT)24.99% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.12% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.83% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.64% Marina Silva (REDE)0.52% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.43% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.38% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.32% Vera (PSTU)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−28.09 pts	Left bloc	81.87%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)62.76% Aécio Neves (PSDB)37.24%	−25.53 pts	Left bloc	74.07%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)57.02% Aécio Neves (PSDB)27.05% Marina Silva (PSB)13.56% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.89% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.40% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.37% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−44.15 pts	Left bloc	75.31%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)57.71% José Serra (PSDB)42.29%	−15.41 pts	Left bloc	75.31%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.63% José Serra (PSDB)30.63% Marina Silva (PV)15.67% Plínio (PSOL)0.64% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−38.19 pts	Left bloc	80.45%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.40% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.60%	−36.80 pts	Left bloc	79.76%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.25% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)34.44% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.73% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.34% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04%	−30.64 pts	Left bloc	82.07%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.16% José Serra (PSDB)46.84%	−6.33 pts	Left bloc	75.79%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)39.59% Ciro (PPS)24.07% José Serra (PSDB)23.97% Garotinho (PSB)12.14% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.21% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−52.06 pts	Left bloc	80.70%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)61.05% Lula (PT)17.48% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.56% Enéas (PRONA)1.52% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.54% Sirkis (PV)0.52% Eymael (PSDC)0.45% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.37% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.34% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.34% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.25%	+27.90 pts	Right bloc	79.17%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.24% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.51% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.40% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.51% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.88% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.68% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.50% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.27%	+65.62 pts	Right bloc	82.27%

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.