RN · São Paulo do Potengi immediate region

Lagoa de Velhos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Lagoa de Velhos with 68.80% of valid votes against 31.20% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 37.60 points, 34.03 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −38.85pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,315; 152th 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.

Lagoa de Velhos−37.60 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)68.80% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.20%	−37.60 pts	Left bloc	82.11%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.16% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.64% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.11% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.33% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.61% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−32.78 pts	Left bloc	83.16%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.16% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.84%	−36.31 pts	Left bloc	80.10%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.76% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)28.96% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.68% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.36% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.20% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−36.88 pts	Left bloc	81.57%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)71.10% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)28.90%	−42.20 pts	Left bloc	75.93%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)57.57% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)23.98% Ciro Gomes (PDT)13.37% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.56% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.70% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.66% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.29% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.25% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.21% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−43.21 pts	Left bloc	81.78%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.60% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.40%	−47.19 pts	Left bloc	86.34%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.23% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.55% Marina Silva (PSB)11.02% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.62% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.08%	−64.16 pts	Left bloc	90.00%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.58% José Serra (PSDB)43.42%	−13.16 pts	Left bloc	77.31%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)51.21% José Serra (PSDB)35.18% Marina Silva (PV)13.02% Plínio (PSOL)0.36% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05%	−29.45 pts	Left bloc	86.26%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.89% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.11%	−47.78 pts	Left bloc	87.27%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.97% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.00% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.03% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.42% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.43% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.16%	−44.82 pts	Left bloc	88.68%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)61.95% Lula (PT)38.05%	+23.89 pts	Right bloc	86.43%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)39.91% Lula (PT)33.40% Ciro (PPS)14.23% Garotinho (PSB)12.02% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.44%	−20.18 pts	Left bloc	89.57%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)66.99% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.43% Lula (PT)12.54% Enéas (PRONA)2.52% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.82% Sirkis (PV)0.59% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.52% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.45% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.37% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.22% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22%	+42.58 pts	Right bloc	86.87%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)81.10% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.41% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.58% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.16% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.58% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.50% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.42% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.25%	+78.35 pts	Right bloc	88.31%

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.