RN · João Câmara immediate region

Galinhos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Galinhos with 50.17% of valid votes against 49.83% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 0.33 points, 3.24 points right of Brazil.

Likely leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −12.97pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,859; 161th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Norte
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 2 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.

Galinhos−0.33 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)50.17% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)49.83%	−0.33 pts	Left bloc	75.73%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)48.34% Lula (PT)46.21% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.46% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.33% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.44% Samara (UP)0.13% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+0.31 pts	Right bloc	81.39%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.05% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.95%	−16.11 pts	Left bloc	74.33%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.64% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.50% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.68% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.19% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.10% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−16.67 pts	Left bloc	84.65%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)63.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)36.10%	−27.80 pts	Left bloc	71.30%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)43.51% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.37% Ciro Gomes (PDT)13.10% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)4.68% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.14% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.53% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.47% Marina Silva (REDE)0.47% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.36% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.12% Eymael (DC)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−15.12 pts	Left bloc	80.31%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)63.44% Aécio Neves (PSDB)36.56%	−26.87 pts	Left bloc	75.26%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.82% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.14% Marina Silva (PSB)20.98% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.97% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.42% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.24% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.18% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12%	−49.30 pts	Left bloc	83.52%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)55.13% Dilma (PT)44.87%	+10.25 pts	Right bloc	67.78%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)40.17% José Serra (PSDB)39.55% Marina Silva (PV)19.59% Plínio (PSOL)0.56% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−20.77 pts	Left bloc	84.15%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)41.14%	−17.71 pts	Left bloc	80.81%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.98% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)43.19% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.04% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.44% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12%	−12.92 pts	Left bloc	84.90%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.55% José Serra (PSDB)45.45%	−9.09 pts	Left bloc	84.44%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)38.98% Garotinho (PSB)26.93% Ciro (PPS)22.03% José Serra (PSDB)11.97% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09%	−76.07 pts	Left bloc	90.45%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)50.88% Lula (PT)22.43% Ciro Gomes (PPS)20.43% Enéas (PRONA)3.01% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.75% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.50% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.38% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.38% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.38% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.38% Eymael (PSDC)0.25% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.25%	+10.28 pts	Right bloc	77.57%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)76.48% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.37% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.94% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.68% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.85% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.70% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.56% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.42%	+69.58 pts	Right bloc	80.93%

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
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(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.