RN · Pau dos Ferros immediate region

São Miguel: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Miguel with 78.24% of valid votes against 21.76% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 56.48 points, 52.91 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −62.74pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 19,467; 24th 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.

São Miguel−56.48 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)78.24% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.76%	−56.48 pts	Left bloc	81.93%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.95% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)22.42% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.20% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.67% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.62% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−50.47 pts	Left bloc	78.29%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.46% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.54%	−64.91 pts	Left bloc	78.18%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.21% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)15.57% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.98% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.82% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.20% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−66.49 pts	Left bloc	77.68%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)85.42% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.58%	−70.83 pts	Left bloc	77.82%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)47.64% Ciro Gomes (PDT)38.02% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.38% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.78% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.28% Marina Silva (REDE)0.21% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.16% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.14% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.08% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−72.13 pts	Left bloc	78.51%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)83.76% Aécio Neves (PSDB)16.24%	−67.52 pts	Left bloc	68.64%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)78.14% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.22% Marina Silva (PSB)7.30% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.51% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.26% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−72.74 pts	Left bloc	70.30%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.61% José Serra (PSDB)20.39%	−59.22 pts	Left bloc	69.55%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.28% José Serra (PSDB)17.41% Marina Silva (PV)6.57% Plínio (PSOL)0.29% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.16% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−64.68 pts	Left bloc	72.43%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.18% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)13.82%	−72.35 pts	Left bloc	75.79%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.73% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.35% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.69% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.58% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.54% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−66.00 pts	Left bloc	77.84%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.40% Lula (PT)48.60%	+2.79 pts	Right bloc	72.49%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)34.50% José Serra (PSDB)28.37% Lula (PT)27.71% Garotinho (PSB)9.15% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.24% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−43.26 pts	Left bloc	75.69%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)55.11% Ciro Gomes (PPS)29.51% Lula (PT)8.43% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.76% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.00% Eymael (PSDC)0.92% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.81% Enéas (PRONA)0.71% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.64% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.44% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.36% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.31%	+15.69 pts	Right bloc	77.21%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)76.17% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)13.23% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.05% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.93% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.42% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.11% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.68% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.40%	+71.32 pts	Right bloc	85.88%

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.