AL · União dos Palmares immediate region

São José da Laje: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São José da Laje with 62.20% of valid votes against 37.80% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 24.39 points, 20.82 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −21.51pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 17,824; 35th largest electorate in Alagoas
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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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.

São José da Laje−24.39 pts
Alagoas−21.54 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)62.20% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.80%	−24.39 pts	Left bloc	76.00%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.32% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.50% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.06% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.18% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.64% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.06% Clariana Barao (DC)0.06% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−19.09 pts	Left bloc	76.21%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)40.70%	−18.60 pts	Left bloc	73.44%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.77% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.88% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.17% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.09% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.78% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.20% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−21.88 pts	Left bloc	74.35%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)63.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)36.88%	−26.23 pts	Left bloc	73.78%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.98% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.57% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.78% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)3.61% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.77% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.88% Marina Silva (REDE)0.61% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.29% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.26% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.22% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−19.31 pts	Left bloc	75.88%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)55.89% Aécio Neves (PSDB)44.11%	−11.78 pts	Left bloc	80.72%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.06% Marina Silva (PSB)29.66% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.41% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.49% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.48% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.33% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.21% Eymael (PSDC)0.18% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08%	−55.21 pts	Left bloc	81.50%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)71.52% José Serra (PSDB)28.48%	−43.04 pts	Left bloc	78.37%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.88% José Serra (PSDB)25.12% Marina Silva (PV)8.52% Plínio (PSOL)0.30% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−49.62 pts	Left bloc	81.18%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.56% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.44%	−37.11 pts	Left bloc	82.99%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.24% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.52% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)8.45% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.63% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−26.64 pts	Left bloc	86.98%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)71.45% Lula (PT)28.55%	+42.90 pts	Right bloc	88.10%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)37.41% Garotinho (PSB)26.65% Lula (PT)19.82% Ciro (PPS)15.75% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−25.18 pts	Left bloc	91.61%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)72.67% Lula (PT)14.23% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.37% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.65% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)0.90% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.34% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.25% Sirkis (PV)0.21% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.01%	+48.19 pts	Right bloc	70.74%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)82.63% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)7.51% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.32% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.52% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.94% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.85% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.71% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.52%	+83.57 pts	Right bloc	84.13%

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.