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Serra do Mel: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Serra do Mel with 63.56% of valid votes against 36.44% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 27.12 points, 23.55 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −30.24pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 13,224; 33th 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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

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

Serra do Mel−27.12 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)63.56% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.44%	−27.12 pts	Left bloc	84.70%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.36% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.69% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.16% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.27% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.41% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−21.11 pts	Left bloc	86.07%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.20% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.80%	−28.40 pts	Left bloc	84.80%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.38% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.90% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.18% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.20% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.15% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02%	−33.25 pts	Left bloc	86.70%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)65.74% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.26%	−31.47 pts	Left bloc	80.28%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)47.29% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.76% Ciro Gomes (PDT)18.13% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.51% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.12% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.32% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.20% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.16% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−31.92 pts	Left bloc	84.87%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.11% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.89%	−48.21 pts	Left bloc	87.65%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)68.06% Aécio Neves (PSDB)16.39% Marina Silva (PSB)13.21% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.53% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.43% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−63.27 pts	Left bloc	89.13%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.89% José Serra (PSDB)32.11%	−35.78 pts	Left bloc	75.11%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.85% José Serra (PSDB)28.26% Marina Silva (PV)14.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.34% +4 more Plínio (PSOL)0.28% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	−42.68 pts	Left bloc	84.78%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.51% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.49%	−61.02 pts	Left bloc	79.77%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.94% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.81% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.27% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.88% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09%	−52.20 pts	Left bloc	84.91%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.84% Lula (PT)48.16%	+3.68 pts	Right bloc	83.48%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)33.57% Garotinho (PSB)29.08% José Serra (PSDB)24.53% Ciro (PPS)12.60% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−50.93 pts	Left bloc	88.56%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)55.98% Lula (PT)20.16% Ciro Gomes (PPS)19.00% Enéas (PRONA)1.34% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.81% Sirkis (PV)0.64% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% Eymael (PSDC)0.52% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.35% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.32% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.15%	+17.02 pts	Right bloc	81.30%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)54.71% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)33.91% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.03% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.08% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.59% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.56% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.68% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.44%	+29.07 pts	Right bloc	84.66%

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.