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Lajes: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Lajes with 74.51% of valid votes against 25.49% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 49.01 points, 45.44 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −50.49pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 9,480; 65th 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.

Lajes−49.01 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)74.51% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.49%	−49.01 pts	Left bloc	80.34%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.57% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)26.50% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.59% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.49% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.66% Samara (UP)0.11% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−42.60 pts	Left bloc	80.01%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.65% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.35%	−51.30 pts	Left bloc	79.64%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.88% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)21.15% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.23% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.29% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.30% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−54.23 pts	Left bloc	81.82%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.63% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.37%	−51.26 pts	Left bloc	78.69%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.46% Ciro Gomes (PDT)24.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.10% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.17% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.67% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.61% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.48% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.28% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.17% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−53.30 pts	Left bloc	84.63%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)22.54%	−54.92 pts	Left bloc	76.50%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)68.67% Aécio Neves (PSDB)16.67% Marina Silva (PSB)13.21% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.62% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.24% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.18% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−65.79 pts	Left bloc	80.85%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.12% José Serra (PSDB)35.88%	−28.25 pts	Left bloc	74.29%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.11% José Serra (PSDB)21.10% Marina Silva (PV)19.97% Plínio (PSOL)0.61% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02%	−57.60 pts	Left bloc	84.73%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.37% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.63%	−42.74 pts	Left bloc	86.51%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.41% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.54% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.05% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.77% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−42.47 pts	Left bloc	88.89%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.90% Lula (PT)47.10%	+5.79 pts	Right bloc	80.15%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)38.18% José Serra (PSDB)36.46% Ciro (PPS)15.59% Garotinho (PSB)9.62% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−27.08 pts	Left bloc	84.02%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)51.55% Lula (PT)27.32% Ciro Gomes (PPS)15.21% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.41% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.81% Eymael (PSDC)0.64% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.60% Sirkis (PV)0.41% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.39% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.34% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15%	+9.01 pts	Right bloc	86.50%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.23% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)19.20% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.87% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.02% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.49% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.49% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.40% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+58.61 pts	Right bloc	91.11%

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.