RN · Santo Antônio - Passa e Fica - Nova Cruz immediate region

Serra de São Bento: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Serra de São Bento with 70.58% of valid votes against 29.42% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 41.15 points, 37.58 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −47.21pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,186; 100th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Norte
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 2 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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Serra de São Bento−41.15 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)70.58% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.42%	−41.15 pts	Left bloc	80.00%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.11% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.16% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.27% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.98% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.37% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−32.85 pts	Left bloc	81.58%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.23% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.77%	−44.45 pts	Left bloc	79.91%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.31% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.26% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.29% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.24% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−48.24 pts	Left bloc	80.97%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)78.91% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)21.09%	−57.83 pts	Left bloc	79.20%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.86% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.98% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.41% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.51% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.79% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.13% Marina Silva (REDE)0.33% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.30% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.25% Eymael (DC)0.17% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.17% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06%	−51.74 pts	Left bloc	83.71%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.54%	−60.91 pts	Left bloc	74.36%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)77.28% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.97% Marina Silva (PSB)8.80% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.46% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.27% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−73.36 pts	Left bloc	76.72%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.87% Dilma (PT)47.13%	+5.74 pts	Right bloc	74.48%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.34% José Serra (PSDB)33.46% Marina Silva (PV)8.60% Plínio (PSOL)0.81% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.70% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03%	−31.69 pts	Left bloc	84.10%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.87% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.13%	−41.74 pts	Left bloc	73.58%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.50% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.69% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.55% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.37% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.73% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.13% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−42.83 pts	Left bloc	78.84%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.87% Lula (PT)47.13%	+5.74 pts	Right bloc	80.10%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)37.42% José Serra (PSDB)29.08% Garotinho (PSB)21.40% Ciro (PPS)11.83% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.27%	−41.84 pts	Left bloc	82.31%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)74.30% Lula (PT)9.31% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.82% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)2.09% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.69% Sirkis (PV)0.94% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.76% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.58% Eymael (PSDC)0.45% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.40% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.40% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.27%	+55.01 pts	Right bloc	69.36%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)79.76% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.41% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.68% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.50% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.47% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.47% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.34% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.34%	+76.23 pts	Right bloc	70.77%

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
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(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.