RN · Pau dos Ferros immediate region

Doutor Severiano: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Doutor Severiano with 84.40% of valid votes against 15.60% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 68.80 points, 65.23 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −71.50pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,326; 97th 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.

Doutor Severiano−68.80 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)84.40% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)15.60%	−68.80 pts	Left bloc	84.08%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.20% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)15.02% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.54% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.63% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.48% Clariana Barao (DC)0.08% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00%	−65.55 pts	Left bloc	82.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.85%	−72.30 pts	Left bloc	83.81%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)83.02% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)12.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.93% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.69% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.15% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−73.90 pts	Left bloc	83.71%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)88.19% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.81%	−76.37 pts	Left bloc	83.78%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)55.43% Ciro Gomes (PDT)34.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)8.12% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.11% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.52% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.39% Marina Silva (REDE)0.22% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.02% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.00%	−79.62 pts	Left bloc	83.78%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)86.31% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.69%	−72.62 pts	Left bloc	77.15%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)82.06% Aécio Neves (PSDB)9.28% Marina Silva (PSB)7.86% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.46% +5 more Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.05% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−81.17 pts	Left bloc	77.81%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)83.38% José Serra (PSDB)16.62%	−66.76 pts	Left bloc	79.34%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)83.87% José Serra (PSDB)9.90% Marina Silva (PV)5.84% Plínio (PSOL)0.25% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06%	−80.21 pts	Left bloc	83.44%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)89.43% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.57%	−78.87 pts	Left bloc	78.80%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)84.28% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)12.09% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.02% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.45% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−75.49 pts	Left bloc	80.98%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)69.54% Lula (PT)30.46%	+39.08 pts	Right bloc	77.91%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)42.22% José Serra (PSDB)33.16% Lula (PT)17.76% Garotinho (PSB)6.66% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−33.69 pts	Left bloc	79.74%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)68.49% Ciro Gomes (PPS)18.04% Lula (PT)6.92% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)2.47% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)0.90% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.86% Enéas (PRONA)0.56% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.56% Sirkis (PV)0.45% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.34% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.30% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.11%	+41.39 pts	Right bloc	80.95%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)86.16% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)7.16% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.05% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.56% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.94% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.74% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.35% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.04%	+83.81 pts	Right bloc	85.61%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(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.