RN · Natal immediate region

Vera Cruz: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Vera Cruz with 68.63% of valid votes against 31.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 37.25 points, 33.68 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −34.20pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 11,415; 45th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Norte
Side changes: 3; 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.

Vera Cruz−37.25 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)68.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.37%	−37.25 pts	Left bloc	84.85%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.44% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.87% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.77% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.87% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.87% Zema (NOVO)0.08% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−32.56 pts	Left bloc	81.62%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.32% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.68%	−36.64 pts	Left bloc	81.58%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.64% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)28.76% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.24% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.30% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.10% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−37.10 pts	Left bloc	80.08%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)66.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.20%	−33.59 pts	Left bloc	82.19%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)44.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.52% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.11% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.54% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.80% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.54% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.40% Marina Silva (REDE)0.39% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.37% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.17% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.03%	−23.59 pts	Left bloc	81.80%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.18% Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.82%	−18.35 pts	Left bloc	88.46%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.51% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.58% Marina Silva (PSB)15.90% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.87% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.36% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.33% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.25% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.11% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−32.33 pts	Left bloc	88.64%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.79% Dilma (PT)47.21%	+5.57 pts	Right bloc	84.82%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)48.11% José Serra (PSDB)39.39% Marina Silva (PV)11.53% Plínio (PSOL)0.67% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−20.96 pts	Left bloc	88.42%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.90% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.10%	−25.81 pts	Left bloc	89.39%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.05% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)40.95% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.91% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.64% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.39% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−17.19 pts	Left bloc	90.54%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)55.22% Lula (PT)44.78%	+10.45 pts	Right bloc	77.91%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)34.65% Lula (PT)26.62% Ciro (PPS)20.58% Garotinho (PSB)17.96% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−30.69 pts	Left bloc	80.77%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)72.55% Lula (PT)12.50% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.63% Enéas (PRONA)1.65% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.51% Sirkis (PV)1.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.62% Eymael (PSDC)0.56% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.56% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.53% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.45% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.31%	+52.12 pts	Right bloc	83.61%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)81.70% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)8.68% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.59% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.21% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.63% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.28% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.48% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.42%	+79.37 pts	Right bloc	89.22%

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
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(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.