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Macau: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Macau with 79.73% of valid votes against 20.27% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 59.47 points, 55.90 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −57.66pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 22,537; 19th 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.

Macau−59.47 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)79.73% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.27%	−59.47 pts	Left bloc	80.42%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.99% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.92% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.54% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.94% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.47% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−53.23 pts	Left bloc	78.51%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)21.93%	−56.13 pts	Left bloc	77.95%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.59% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.94% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.62% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.41% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.18% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.15% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−58.56 pts	Left bloc	78.14%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)79.23% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.77%	−58.47 pts	Left bloc	75.96%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.34% Ciro Gomes (PDT)24.59% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.25% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)3.45% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.34% Marina Silva (REDE)0.49% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.48% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.46% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.33% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.19% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−55.65 pts	Left bloc	78.60%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.92% Aécio Neves (PSDB)22.08%	−55.84 pts	Left bloc	81.25%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)64.93% Marina Silva (PSB)16.55% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.92% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.17% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.68% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.30% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−65.28 pts	Left bloc	83.83%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.92% José Serra (PSDB)32.08%	−35.84 pts	Left bloc	85.23%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.39% José Serra (PSDB)21.52% Marina Silva (PV)18.46% Plínio (PSOL)0.40% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−56.75 pts	Left bloc	90.06%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.47% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.53%	−48.94 pts	Left bloc	79.53%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.58% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.20% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)5.32% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.67% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−51.15 pts	Left bloc	82.05%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.82% José Serra (PSDB)33.18%	−33.65 pts	Left bloc	73.24%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.88% José Serra (PSDB)16.80% Garotinho (PSB)16.50% Ciro (PPS)10.61% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−66.40 pts	Left bloc	78.14%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.53% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)26.89% Ciro Gomes (PPS)20.84% Enéas (PRONA)1.45% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.67% Sirkis (PV)0.67% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.48% Eymael (PSDC)0.47% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.21% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.21% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20%	−41.16 pts	Left bloc	78.55%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)45.08% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)42.31% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.48% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.16% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.04% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.03% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.61% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+13.30 pts	Right bloc	82.59%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.