RN · Pau dos Ferros immediate region

São Francisco do Oeste: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Francisco do Oeste with 77.24% of valid votes against 22.76% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 54.48 points, 50.91 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −55.59pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,100; 141th 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.

São Francisco do Oeste−54.48 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)77.24% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)22.76%	−54.48 pts	Left bloc	84.49%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.57% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)22.57% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.48% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.62% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.67% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−50.16 pts	Left bloc	80.23%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.81% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.19%	−61.62 pts	Left bloc	82.30%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.46% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.66% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.15% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.44% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−61.28 pts	Left bloc	81.03%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.67%	−50.66 pts	Left bloc	85.05%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Ciro Gomes (PDT)40.95% Fernando Haddad (PT)39.59% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.74% +9 more Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.63% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.46% Marina Silva (REDE)0.28% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.11% Vera (PSTU)0.07% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.04% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−61.78 pts	Left bloc	79.78%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.12% Aécio Neves (PSDB)22.88%	−54.24 pts	Left bloc	92.60%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)74.83% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.87% Marina Silva (PSB)11.30% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.54% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.15% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−73.71 pts	Left bloc	90.28%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)68.16% José Serra (PSDB)31.84%	−36.33 pts	Left bloc	82.22%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)64.42% José Serra (PSDB)22.22% Marina Silva (PV)12.95% Plínio (PSOL)0.16% +3 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04%	−55.39 pts	Left bloc	84.99%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.10% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)22.90%	−54.21 pts	Left bloc	90.37%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.92% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.85% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.03% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.36%	−49.44 pts	Left bloc	90.54%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)61.02% Lula (PT)38.98%	+22.04 pts	Right bloc	78.45%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)29.86% Ciro (PPS)28.83% Lula (PT)28.66% Garotinho (PSB)12.43% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22%	−40.27 pts	Left bloc	80.85%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)54.29% Ciro Gomes (PPS)26.08% Lula (PT)14.11% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.13% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.93% Sirkis (PV)0.86% Enéas (PRONA)0.80% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.53% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.47% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.27% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.13%	+12.97 pts	Right bloc	81.39%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)75.10% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.75% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.89% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.49% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.11% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.79% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.56% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.32%	+68.28 pts	Right bloc	86.15%

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.