RN · São Paulo do Potengi immediate region

São Paulo do Potengi: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Paulo do Potengi with 57.48% of valid votes against 42.52% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 14.97 points, 11.40 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −15.77pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 14,681; 31th 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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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 Paulo do Potengi−14.97 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)57.48% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.52%	−14.97 pts	Left bloc	84.20%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.41% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.03% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.68% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.11% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.63% Samara (UP)0.04% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−8.36 pts	Left bloc	81.54%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.02% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.98%	−14.05 pts	Left bloc	83.55%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.05% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.12% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.72% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.15% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−17.94 pts	Left bloc	82.77%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)56.44% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.56%	−12.88 pts	Left bloc	83.90%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)35.45% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.21% Ciro Gomes (PDT)26.98% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.98% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.67% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.53% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.36% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.32% Marina Silva (REDE)0.24% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.11% Eymael (DC)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04%	−25.73 pts	Left bloc	83.36%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.19% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.81%	−32.37 pts	Left bloc	78.10%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)61.05% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.97% Marina Silva (PSB)10.42% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.58% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.38% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07%	−44.74 pts	Left bloc	78.32%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.65% José Serra (PSDB)49.35%	−1.30 pts	Left bloc	74.57%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.92% José Serra (PSDB)40.87% Marina Silva (PV)11.50% Plínio (PSOL)0.46% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−18.04 pts	Left bloc	80.15%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.73% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.27%	−25.47 pts	Left bloc	82.45%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.79% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)42.35% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.46% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.98% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.24% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−14.46 pts	Left bloc	83.73%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)61.30% Lula (PT)38.70%	+22.59 pts	Right bloc	78.40%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)43.72% Lula (PT)32.91% Ciro (PPS)11.59% Garotinho (PSB)11.58% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−12.56 pts	Left bloc	80.25%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)68.48% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.21% Lula (PT)12.71% Enéas (PRONA)1.25% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.77% Sirkis (PV)0.73% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.42% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.36% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.23%	+42.80 pts	Right bloc	79.65%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)77.84% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.60% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.36% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.06% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.26% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.84% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.65% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.37%	+72.27 pts	Right bloc	83.18%

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.