RN · Pau dos Ferros immediate region

Major Sales: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Major Sales with 82.37% of valid votes against 17.63% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 64.74 points, 61.17 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −68.22pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,212; 155th 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.

Major Sales−64.74 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)82.37% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)17.63%	−64.74 pts	Left bloc	82.69%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)78.20% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)17.62% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.25% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.25% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.56% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−61.14 pts	Left bloc	80.79%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.98% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)16.02%	−67.97 pts	Left bloc	82.65%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.33% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.18% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.97% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% 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%	−69.32 pts	Left bloc	83.27%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)86.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)13.40%	−73.21 pts	Left bloc	85.21%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)65.98% Ciro Gomes (PDT)19.11% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.18% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.44% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.81% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.63% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.36% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.32% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Marina Silva (REDE)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.05% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−70.44 pts	Left bloc	84.50%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.69% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.31%	−75.39 pts	Left bloc	77.65%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)83.65% Marina Silva (PSB)9.21% Aécio Neves (PSDB)6.44% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.45% +3 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05%	−86.72 pts	Left bloc	79.83%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)88.70% José Serra (PSDB)11.30%	−77.39 pts	Left bloc	81.97%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)88.50% José Serra (PSDB)7.36% Marina Silva (PV)4.00% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Plínio (PSOL)0.05%	−85.28 pts	Left bloc	87.80%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)92.22% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)7.78%	−84.45 pts	Left bloc	80.19%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)89.71% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.38% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.88% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.47% +3 more Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.41% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.10% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−82.00 pts	Left bloc	82.08%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)59.18% Lula (PT)40.82%	+18.35 pts	Right bloc	77.17%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)39.68% José Serra (PSDB)27.40% Lula (PT)25.39% Garotinho (PSB)7.47% +1 more Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−45.19 pts	Left bloc	78.44%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.21% Ciro Gomes (PPS)15.25% Lula (PT)12.20% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)2.56% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.91% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.82% Eymael (PSDC)0.74% Enéas (PRONA)0.74% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.58% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.49% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.25% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.25%	+36.03 pts	Right bloc	80.00%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)82.08% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.90% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.14% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.24% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.99% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.99% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.33% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.33%	+76.22 pts	Right bloc	85.64%

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.