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

Várzea: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Várzea with 65.13% of valid votes against 34.87% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 30.27 points, 26.70 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −33.14pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,583; 104th 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.

Várzea−30.27 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)65.13% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.87%	−30.27 pts	Left bloc	84.13%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.89% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)35.18% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.27% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.06% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.57% Zema (NOVO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−26.33 pts	Left bloc	84.72%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)65.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.65%	−30.69 pts	Left bloc	83.62%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.93% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.73% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.12% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.95% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−36.09 pts	Left bloc	85.83%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)67.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.78%	−34.45 pts	Left bloc	87.03%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)28.16% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.88% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.34% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.04% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.50% Marina Silva (REDE)0.47% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.44% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.33% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−34.30 pts	Left bloc	86.42%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)75.92% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.08%	−51.83 pts	Left bloc	80.36%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.70% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.66% Marina Silva (PSB)12.97% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.76% +3 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.54% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11%	−66.93 pts	Left bloc	79.00%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.59% José Serra (PSDB)43.41%	−13.18 pts	Left bloc	76.50%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.94% José Serra (PSDB)33.02% Marina Silva (PV)12.54% Plínio (PSOL)0.33% +3 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03%	−33.67 pts	Left bloc	84.80%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.03% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.97%	−36.07 pts	Left bloc	90.03%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.48% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)35.63% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.78% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.95% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.10% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−28.42 pts	Left bloc	90.11%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.71% José Serra (PSDB)45.29%	−9.42 pts	Left bloc	73.12%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)32.23% Lula (PT)29.20% Garotinho (PSB)23.32% José Serra (PSDB)15.06% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−69.88 pts	Left bloc	76.56%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)68.05% Lula (PT)17.81% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.54% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.05% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.83% Enéas (PRONA)0.74% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.57% Eymael (PSDC)0.48% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.35% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.26% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.04%	+39.69 pts	Right bloc	75.63%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)80.99% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)11.96% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.01% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.15% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.88% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.58% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.27% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.15%	+74.92 pts	Right bloc	78.13%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(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.