RN · Pau dos Ferros immediate region

Pilões: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Pilões with 85.53% of valid votes against 14.47% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 71.06 points, 67.49 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −75.11pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,579; 149th 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.

Pilões−71.06 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)85.53% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)14.47%	−71.06 pts	Left bloc	82.20%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.86% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)14.44% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.10% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)0.96% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.57% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−67.64 pts	Left bloc	80.77%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)11.97%	−76.06 pts	Left bloc	76.58%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)86.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)10.85% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.88% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.59% +7 more Vera (PSTU)0.04% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.04% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−76.97 pts	Left bloc	78.83%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)89.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)10.04%	−79.92 pts	Left bloc	70.73%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)71.35% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.40% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)10.24% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.67% +9 more Marina Silva (REDE)0.63% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.60% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.36% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.24% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.24% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.08% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−75.32 pts	Left bloc	76.77%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)90.63% Aécio Neves (PSDB)9.37%	−81.26 pts	Left bloc	79.31%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)85.14% Aécio Neves (PSDB)8.04% Marina Silva (PSB)6.21% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.33% +3 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.12% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−83.59 pts	Left bloc	81.82%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)90.69% José Serra (PSDB)9.31%	−81.39 pts	Left bloc	82.99%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)87.46% Marina Silva (PV)6.71% José Serra (PSDB)5.40% Plínio (PSOL)0.26% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−89.11 pts	Left bloc	89.21%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.34% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)13.66%	−72.69 pts	Left bloc	89.20%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.28% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)13.53% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.10% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.76% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.33%	−72.27 pts	Left bloc	89.75%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)65.73% José Serra (PSDB)34.27%	−31.46 pts	Left bloc	81.33%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)34.35% Ciro (PPS)29.09% José Serra (PSDB)26.48% Garotinho (PSB)9.92% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17%	−47.04 pts	Left bloc	82.86%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)40.01% Ciro Gomes (PPS)26.83% Lula (PT)26.75% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.79% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.04% Sirkis (PV)0.97% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.67% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.52% Eymael (PSDC)0.45% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.30% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15%	−14.31 pts	Left bloc	85.22%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)76.48% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)11.29% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)6.93% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.34% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.09% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.86% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.62% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.39%	+75.23 pts	Right bloc	87.93%

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

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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.