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Paraú: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Paraú with 73.51% of valid votes against 26.49% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 47.03 points, 43.46 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −49.27pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,351; 132th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Norte
Side changes: 3; 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.

Paraú−47.03 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)73.51% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)26.49%	−47.03 pts	Left bloc	80.67%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.43% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)28.00% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.00% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.08% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.26% Zema (NOVO)0.09% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.06% Clariana Barao (DC)0.06% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−41.03 pts	Left bloc	83.64%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.93%	−48.14 pts	Left bloc	79.25%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)23.14% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.40% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.17% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.29% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.23% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−50.30 pts	Left bloc	85.00%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.37% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.63%	−50.74 pts	Left bloc	76.34%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)50.97% Ciro Gomes (PDT)26.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.01% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.73% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.64% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.43% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.37% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.15% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−55.36 pts	Left bloc	85.86%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.58% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.42%	−61.16 pts	Left bloc	76.38%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)72.77% Marina Silva (PSB)13.28% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.87% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.54% +5 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.17% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07%	−72.91 pts	Left bloc	83.38%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.97% José Serra (PSDB)23.03%	−53.94 pts	Left bloc	74.47%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.10% José Serra (PSDB)18.36% Marina Silva (PV)17.86% Plínio (PSOL)0.39% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.14% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−62.93 pts	Left bloc	87.61%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.00% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.00%	−66.00 pts	Left bloc	82.14%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.13% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.92% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.82% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.93% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.07%	−55.75 pts	Left bloc	87.14%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)58.46% Lula (PT)41.54%	+16.91 pts	Right bloc	77.41%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)26.20% Ciro (PPS)26.03% Lula (PT)24.61% José Serra (PSDB)23.07% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09%	−53.86 pts	Left bloc	84.90%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PPS)41.62% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)40.17% Lula (PT)13.58% Enéas (PRONA)0.92% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.82% Eymael (PSDC)0.63% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.43% Sirkis (PV)0.39% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.34% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.29% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.24%	−14.84 pts	Left bloc	87.85%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.55% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)17.09% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.80% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.66% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.76% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.47% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.33% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.33%	+65.15 pts	Right bloc	92.80%

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
2002(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
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.