RN · Currais Novos immediate region

Tenente Laurentino Cruz: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Tenente Laurentino Cruz with 70.55% of valid votes against 29.45% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 41.09 points, 37.52 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −46.18pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,582; 105th 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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

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

Tenente Laurentino Cruz−41.09 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)70.55% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.45%	−41.09 pts	Left bloc	85.69%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.21% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)28.81% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.04% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.51% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.39% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Zema (NOVO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−38.55 pts	Left bloc	82.29%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.46% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)26.54%	−46.92 pts	Left bloc	84.64%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)23.87% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.23% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.66% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.12% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−48.50 pts	Left bloc	83.67%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)74.77% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)25.23%	−49.54 pts	Left bloc	84.75%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)50.38% Ciro Gomes (PDT)26.32% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.36% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.21% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.16% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.49% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.35% Marina Silva (REDE)0.30% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.30% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.11% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−54.27 pts	Left bloc	87.10%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.03% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.97%	−60.06 pts	Left bloc	78.71%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)74.22% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.74% Marina Silva (PSB)8.79% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.35% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.23% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.23% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03%	−67.47 pts	Left bloc	81.40%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.98% José Serra (PSDB)25.02%	−49.97 pts	Left bloc	78.96%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)71.41% José Serra (PSDB)14.93% Marina Silva (PV)13.11% Plínio (PSOL)0.35% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−69.94 pts	Left bloc	83.49%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)84.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.26%	−69.47 pts	Left bloc	84.43%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)78.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.20% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.45% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.76% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.26% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−66.84 pts	Left bloc	86.81%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)67.06% Lula (PT)32.94%	+34.13 pts	Right bloc	82.05%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)37.43% Lula (PT)32.07% Ciro (PPS)16.51% Garotinho (PSB)13.68% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.13%	−25.15 pts	Left bloc	84.45%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)63.50% Ciro Gomes (PPS)17.48% Lula (PT)12.35% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.17% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.11% Enéas (PRONA)1.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.93% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.80% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.56% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.49% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.37% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19%	+33.05 pts	Right bloc	86.22%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)87.13% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)5.34% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.45% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.04% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.71% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.63% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.55% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.16%	+88.23 pts	Right bloc	89.13%

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.