RN · Mossoró immediate region

Upanema: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Upanema with 62.45% of valid votes against 37.55% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 24.89 points, 21.32 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −27.13pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,265; 37th 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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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.

Upanema−24.89 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)62.45% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.55%	−24.89 pts	Left bloc	85.45%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.15% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.28% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.02% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.60% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.83% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−18.50 pts	Left bloc	82.64%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.40%	−25.20 pts	Left bloc	84.26%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.73% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.72% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.24% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.04% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.11% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.03% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−28.15 pts	Left bloc	85.12%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)63.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)36.93%	−26.14 pts	Left bloc	84.88%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)37.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.40% Ciro Gomes (PDT)26.79% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.69% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.66% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.55% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.36% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.36% Marina Silva (REDE)0.34% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−29.88 pts	Left bloc	86.01%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.16% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.84%	−46.32 pts	Left bloc	81.86%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)68.12% Marina Silva (PSB)17.57% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.00% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.63% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.22% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01%	−72.31 pts	Left bloc	83.28%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)71.47% José Serra (PSDB)28.53%	−42.93 pts	Left bloc	77.67%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.67% Marina Silva (PV)25.89% José Serra (PSDB)13.98% Plínio (PSOL)0.18% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−71.73 pts	Left bloc	84.38%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.52% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.48%	−63.04 pts	Left bloc	88.90%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.44% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.09% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.55% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.42% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.18% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.17% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.15%	−56.81 pts	Left bloc	89.53%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.37% Lula (PT)49.63%	+0.73 pts	Right bloc	85.17%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)31.33% Ciro (PPS)23.96% Garotinho (PSB)23.31% José Serra (PSDB)21.35% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−57.30 pts	Left bloc	88.09%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)52.17% Ciro Gomes (PPS)24.64% Lula (PT)17.60% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.17% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)0.98% Eymael (PSDC)0.81% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.72% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.57% Sirkis (PV)0.57% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.24% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.19%	+9.45 pts	Right bloc	88.94%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)52.69% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)29.66% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)10.50% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.18% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.77% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.72% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.85% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.64%	+37.14 pts	Right bloc	90.40%

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.