RN · Natal immediate region

Maxaranguape: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Maxaranguape with 67.65% of valid votes against 32.35% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 35.30 points, 31.73 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −34.13pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 10,434; 53th 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.

Maxaranguape−35.30 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)67.65% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.35%	−35.30 pts	Left bloc	81.29%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.85% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.49% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.84% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.88% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.80% Samara (UP)0.07% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−27.54 pts	Left bloc	81.46%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.40%	−33.20 pts	Left bloc	81.39%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.41% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)28.84% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.54% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.83% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−38.03 pts	Left bloc	83.23%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)66.31% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.69%	−32.62 pts	Left bloc	83.33%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)55.11% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.79% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.04% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.99% Marina Silva (REDE)0.50% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.46% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.43% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.25% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.24% Eymael (DC)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−35.29 pts	Left bloc	86.58%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)68.85% Aécio Neves (PSDB)31.15%	−37.71 pts	Left bloc	77.19%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.56% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.40% Marina Silva (PSB)14.57% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.58% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.41% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	−49.63 pts	Left bloc	81.34%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.70% José Serra (PSDB)49.30%	−1.40 pts	Left bloc	74.47%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)45.45% José Serra (PSDB)42.44% Marina Silva (PV)11.63% Plínio (PSOL)0.36% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02%	−14.95 pts	Left bloc	82.77%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.77% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)35.23%	−29.55 pts	Left bloc	83.27%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.10% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)38.68% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.48% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.48% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−22.11 pts	Left bloc	88.40%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.76% Lula (PT)45.24%	+9.52 pts	Right bloc	66.26%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)39.47% Lula (PT)27.86% Ciro (PPS)17.86% Garotinho (PSB)14.51% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.30%	−21.06 pts	Left bloc	73.96%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.68% Lula (PT)17.65% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.55% Enéas (PRONA)1.95% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.09% Sirkis (PV)0.87% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.68% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.43% Eymael (PSDC)0.40% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.28% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19%	+37.45 pts	Right bloc	72.17%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)79.06% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.18% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.06% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.78% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.38% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.63% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.53% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.39%	+72.88 pts	Right bloc	74.06%

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.