RN · Mossoró immediate region

Mossoró: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Mossoró with 63.66% of valid votes against 36.34% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 27.32 points, 23.75 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −26.15pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 187,992; 2th 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.

Mossoró−27.32 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)63.66% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.34%	−27.32 pts	Left bloc	86.87%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.94% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.17% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.32% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.67% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.68% Samara (UP)0.07% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−20.78 pts	Left bloc	84.04%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.31% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.69%	−26.63 pts	Left bloc	85.02%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.06% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.15% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.65% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.69% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.15% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.15% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	−31.60 pts	Left bloc	81.85%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)40.78%	−18.45 pts	Left bloc	83.25%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.17% Ciro Gomes (PDT)31.09% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.17% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.10% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.07% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.89% Marina Silva (REDE)0.52% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.35% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.31% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.22% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−24.37 pts	Left bloc	82.79%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)68.96% Aécio Neves (PSDB)31.04%	−37.91 pts	Left bloc	89.73%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)54.57% Marina Silva (PSB)21.79% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.85% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.48% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.44% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.42% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.23% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−57.10 pts	Left bloc	89.06%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)61.00% José Serra (PSDB)39.00%	−22.00 pts	Left bloc	81.46%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.50% José Serra (PSDB)27.75% Marina Silva (PV)24.87% Plínio (PSOL)0.62% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−44.22 pts	Left bloc	84.97%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.37% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.63%	−46.73 pts	Left bloc	84.79%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.36% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.34% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)5.31% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.72% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−40.81 pts	Left bloc	86.40%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.39% José Serra (PSDB)27.61%	−44.79 pts	Left bloc	81.70%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.76% Ciro (PPS)21.34% Garotinho (PSB)13.87% José Serra (PSDB)10.76% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.24% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−78.48 pts	Left bloc	84.13%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)36.08% Lula (PT)34.85% Ciro Gomes (PPS)27.56% Enéas (PRONA)0.94% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.13% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.12% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.07% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.05% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−25.42 pts	Left bloc	81.57%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)46.59% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)40.79% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.11% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.35% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.23% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.93% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.72% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.28%	+15.95 pts	Right bloc	85.77%

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
2018(between rounds)·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.