RN · Pau dos Ferros immediate region

Rafael Godeiro: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Rafael Godeiro with 65.88% of valid votes against 34.12% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 31.77 points, 28.20 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −36.15pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,668; 148th 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.

Rafael Godeiro−31.77 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)65.88% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.12%	−31.77 pts	Left bloc	80.64%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.27% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)43.17% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.19% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)0.89% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.27% Samara (UP)0.10% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−10.66 pts	Left bloc	82.27%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.16%	−21.69 pts	Left bloc	77.11%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.61% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.40% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.35% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.43% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−30.06 pts	Left bloc	79.32%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)79.71% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.29%	−59.42 pts	Left bloc	73.10%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)57.06% Ciro Gomes (PDT)21.34% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)18.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.11% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.82% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.43% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.25% Marina Silva (REDE)0.21% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.21% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04%	−57.74 pts	Left bloc	80.97%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.49% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.51%	−52.98 pts	Left bloc	88.21%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.18% Marina Silva (PSB)16.24% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.06% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.39% +5 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.57% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.26% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−74.31 pts	Left bloc	87.16%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.01% José Serra (PSDB)23.99%	−52.01 pts	Left bloc	74.98%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.65% José Serra (PSDB)14.94% Marina Silva (PV)13.31% Plínio (PSOL)0.75% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−69.85 pts	Left bloc	84.50%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.65% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)14.35%	−71.30 pts	Left bloc	82.85%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.77% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)12.65% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.49% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.44% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.47% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.14% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−73.40 pts	Left bloc	87.66%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)62.79% Lula (PT)37.21%	+25.57 pts	Right bloc	88.39%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)44.15% Lula (PT)32.45% Garotinho (PSB)15.09% Ciro (PPS)8.14% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17%	−11.70 pts	Left bloc	87.59%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)58.56% Lula (PT)19.07% Ciro Gomes (PPS)15.37% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)2.20% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)1.04% Enéas (PRONA)0.97% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.84% Sirkis (PV)0.78% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.45% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.39% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.26% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.06%	+22.57 pts	Right bloc	79.19%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)70.94% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)19.89% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.51% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.83% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.35% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.74% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.62% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.12%	+57.51 pts	Right bloc	77.51%

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.