RN · Caicó immediate region

Equador: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Equador with 71.44% of valid votes against 28.56% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 42.88 points, 39.31 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −40.65pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,769; 122th 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.

Equador−42.88 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)71.44% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)28.56%	−42.88 pts	Left bloc	84.06%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.64% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.15% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.24% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.28% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.58% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−37.87 pts	Left bloc	83.43%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.98% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.02%	−41.96 pts	Left bloc	82.75%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.52% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.43% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.49% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.13% +7 more Léo Péricles (UP)0.16% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−42.34 pts	Left bloc	83.24%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.00%	−36.01 pts	Left bloc	80.34%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)49.39% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)16.04% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.60% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.53% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.69% Marina Silva (REDE)0.53% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.47% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.38% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.28% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.09% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−32.67 pts	Left bloc	81.79%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.77% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.23%	−39.53 pts	Left bloc	87.88%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)66.95% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.21% Marina Silva (PSB)14.27% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.51% +5 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.42% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.36% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06%	−63.83 pts	Left bloc	90.50%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)70.06% José Serra (PSDB)29.94%	−40.12 pts	Left bloc	75.73%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.47% José Serra (PSDB)16.75% Marina Silva (PV)16.71% Plínio (PSOL)0.85% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−66.32 pts	Left bloc	81.31%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.29% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)22.71%	−54.59 pts	Left bloc	81.42%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.61% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.65% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.48% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.48% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−49.74 pts	Left bloc	84.11%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.33% Lula (PT)45.67%	+8.66 pts	Right bloc	76.88%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)40.48% Lula (PT)36.59% Garotinho (PSB)17.36% Ciro (PPS)5.20% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.36%	−19.03 pts	Left bloc	79.65%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)51.36% Lula (PT)28.55% Ciro Gomes (PPS)14.46% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.29% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.88% Sirkis (PV)0.65% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.51% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.37% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.28%	+8.45 pts	Right bloc	76.45%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)75.26% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.11% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)5.70% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.18% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.07% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.67% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.58% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.45%	+73.65 pts	Right bloc	81.41%

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

When the municipality changed sides

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.