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Itajá: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Itajá with 71.83% of valid votes against 28.17% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 43.65 points, 40.08 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −49.13pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,284; 84th 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.

Itajá−43.65 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)71.83% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)28.17%	−43.65 pts	Left bloc	83.61%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.82% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.32% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.87% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.30% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.64% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Zema (NOVO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−37.45 pts	Left bloc	81.99%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.18%	−45.63 pts	Left bloc	79.52%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.44% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.19% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.74% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−49.06 pts	Left bloc	80.95%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)77.94% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)22.06%	−55.88 pts	Left bloc	79.23%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)58.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)20.02% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)18.54% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.83% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.71% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.40% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.37% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.37% Marina Silva (REDE)0.19% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−57.55 pts	Left bloc	81.87%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)85.24% Aécio Neves (PSDB)14.76%	−70.48 pts	Left bloc	87.57%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.80% Aécio Neves (PSDB)10.62% Marina Silva (PSB)8.34% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.54% +5 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.39% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.15% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−77.56 pts	Left bloc	90.25%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.25% José Serra (PSDB)22.75%	−54.51 pts	Left bloc	75.30%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.74% José Serra (PSDB)15.65% Marina Silva (PV)7.19% Plínio (PSOL)0.22% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02%	−68.55 pts	Left bloc	85.17%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.92%	−46.15 pts	Left bloc	86.90%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.98% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.27% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.43% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.13% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−37.09 pts	Left bloc	89.51%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.03% José Serra (PSDB)41.97%	−16.06 pts	Left bloc	85.76%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)34.78% Ciro (PPS)29.65% José Serra (PSDB)25.48% Garotinho (PSB)9.94% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14%	−49.04 pts	Left bloc	88.76%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)54.38% Ciro Gomes (PPS)26.58% Lula (PT)13.15% Enéas (PRONA)1.67% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.89% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.85% Sirkis (PV)0.82% Eymael (PSDC)0.61% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.48% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.14% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.14%	+14.48 pts	Right bloc	82.05%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)80.78% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.30% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.06% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.76% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.22% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.01% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.59% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+72.98 pts	Right bloc	87.20%

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.