Lula secured majority in most high-indigenous municipalities

In the 2022 second-round elections, President Lula won in 67 of the 100 municipalities with the highest indigenous populations in Brazil. Across these 100 municipalities, Lula received 59.7% of the votes, compared to 51.7% of the total Brazilian population.

In Uiramutã, Roraima, which is the most indigenous municipality in Brazil with a 94.4% indigenous population according to the 2022 IBGE Census, Lula obtained 72.8% of the votes. In São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, where 88% of the population is indigenous, he received 80% of the votes.

Of the 21 municipalities where the majority of the population identifies as indigenous, Lula lost in only four. Data crossing the 2022 IBGE Census with TSE election results shows that Brazil has approximately 1.6 million indigenous people, representing 0.8% of the population, distributed across 391 ethnic groups.