RN · Santa Cruz immediate region

Tangará: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Tangará with 66.15% of valid votes against 33.85% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 32.30 points, 28.73 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −32.67pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,578; 36th 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.

Tangará−32.30 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)66.15% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)33.85%	−32.30 pts	Left bloc	78.63%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.49% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.70% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.42% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.54% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.74% Samara (UP)0.05% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−25.92 pts	Left bloc	77.00%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.20%	−33.61 pts	Left bloc	77.36%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.25% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.23% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.83% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.36% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.19% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−36.22 pts	Left bloc	77.43%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)66.17% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.83%	−32.33 pts	Left bloc	77.18%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)48.66% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.43% Ciro Gomes (PDT)18.99% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.46% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.70% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.56% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.32% Marina Silva (REDE)0.32% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.21% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.20% Eymael (DC)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	−36.50 pts	Left bloc	78.73%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.22% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.78%	−34.45 pts	Left bloc	73.69%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.57% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.14% Marina Silva (PSB)16.26% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.88% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.49% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.36% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−51.19 pts	Left bloc	75.91%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.49% José Serra (PSDB)46.51%	−6.99 pts	Left bloc	74.05%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.63% José Serra (PSDB)37.47% Marina Silva (PV)14.30% Plínio (PSOL)0.32% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04%	−24.72 pts	Left bloc	79.89%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.64% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.36%	−25.27 pts	Left bloc	80.04%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.57% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)38.63% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.28% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.01% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.36% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07%	−21.72 pts	Left bloc	82.57%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)63.51% Lula (PT)36.49%	+27.01 pts	Right bloc	75.22%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)30.08% José Serra (PSDB)26.29% Garotinho (PSB)22.06% Ciro (PPS)21.31% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.23% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−47.41 pts	Left bloc	79.39%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)66.40% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.68% Lula (PT)13.17% Enéas (PRONA)1.69% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.97% Sirkis (PV)0.82% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.59% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.48% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.42% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.34% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.34%	+40.30 pts	Right bloc	79.78%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)77.71% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.50% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.81% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.00% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.08% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.06% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.55% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+76.89 pts	Right bloc	80.50%

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.