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Natal: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Natal with 56.00% of valid votes against 44.00% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 12.00 points, 8.43 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −6.74pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 573,154; 1th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Norte
Side changes: 5; 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 2014.

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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

Natal−12.00 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)56.00% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.00%	−12.00 pts	Left bloc	83.38%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.99% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.17% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.04% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.19% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.20% Zema (NOVO)0.16% Samara (UP)0.12% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−4.47 pts	Left bloc	79.49%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)47.04%	−5.92 pts	Left bloc	82.52%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.01% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.11% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.97% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.28% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.27% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−8.81 pts	Left bloc	79.92%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)52.98% Fernando Haddad (PT)47.02%	+5.96 pts	Right bloc	81.92%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)44.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)23.57% Fernando Haddad (PT)22.81% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.76% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.85% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.50% Marina Silva (REDE)1.05% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.79% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.75% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.35% Vera (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+3.39 pts	Right bloc	81.54%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.03% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.97%	−16.05 pts	Left bloc	86.71%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)42.26% Aécio Neves (PSDB)28.04% Marina Silva (PSB)24.12% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.71% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.20% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.64% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.54% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−40.27 pts	Left bloc	85.21%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.72% Dilma (PT)48.28%	+3.45 pts	Right bloc	80.69%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)35.60% José Serra (PSDB)33.47% Marina Silva (PV)29.41% Plínio (PSOL)1.16% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−32.73 pts	Left bloc	83.39%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.30% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)39.70%	−20.60 pts	Left bloc	84.59%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.01% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.86% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)9.60% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)5.13% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.21% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.11% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.08%	−23.49 pts	Left bloc	85.83%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.89% José Serra (PSDB)29.11%	−41.78 pts	Left bloc	82.92%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.27% Garotinho (PSB)21.96% José Serra (PSDB)13.34% Ciro (PPS)12.95% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.43% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−73.33 pts	Left bloc	84.53%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)41.83% Lula (PT)35.63% Ciro Gomes (PPS)19.82% Enéas (PRONA)1.58% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.24% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.19% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.19% Sirkis (PV)0.15% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.12% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.10% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−12.21 pts	Left bloc	82.46%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)53.78% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)32.70% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.01% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.16% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.43% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.16% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.40% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.37%	+31.73 pts	Right bloc	85.62%

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
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(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.