RN · Santa Cruz immediate region

Santa Cruz: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Cruz with 69.32% of valid votes against 30.68% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 38.64 points, 35.07 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −38.57pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 27,663; 16th 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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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.

Santa Cruz−38.64 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)69.32% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)30.68%	−38.64 pts	Left bloc	84.52%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.99% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.42% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.22% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.50% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.68% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−32.65 pts	Left bloc	82.29%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.01% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.99%	−38.02 pts	Left bloc	83.58%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.69% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.27% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.68% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.07% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.10% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	−42.90 pts	Left bloc	82.90%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)67.98% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.02%	−35.95 pts	Left bloc	84.38%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)48.53% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)25.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)22.15% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.12% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.48% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.44% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.40% Marina Silva (REDE)0.29% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.22% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.14% Eymael (DC)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−42.52 pts	Left bloc	86.04%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.80% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.20%	−47.61 pts	Left bloc	78.22%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.84% Marina Silva (PSB)16.95% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.43% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.68% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.39% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.30% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.29% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	−67.69 pts	Left bloc	80.15%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.47% José Serra (PSDB)46.53%	−6.95 pts	Left bloc	77.69%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.17% José Serra (PSDB)33.43% Marina Silva (PV)13.78% Plínio (PSOL)0.48% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−33.00 pts	Left bloc	82.57%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.79%	−52.41 pts	Left bloc	82.26%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.56% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.95% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.74% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.33% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.34% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−45.26 pts	Left bloc	84.08%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.74% Lula (PT)48.26%	+3.48 pts	Right bloc	78.73%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)40.34% José Serra (PSDB)24.74% Ciro (PPS)18.79% Garotinho (PSB)16.00% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−50.52 pts	Left bloc	81.50%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)62.21% Lula (PT)23.14% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.34% Enéas (PRONA)1.36% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.82% Eymael (PSDC)0.78% Sirkis (PV)0.67% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.47% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.39% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.37% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.24% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20%	+30.36 pts	Right bloc	82.30%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)69.10% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)20.81% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.01% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.87% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.25% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.88% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.75% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.33%	+55.88 pts	Right bloc	82.82%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

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.