BA · Euclides da Cunha immediate region

Monte Santo: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Monte Santo with 86.85% of valid votes against 13.15% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 73.70 points, 70.13 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −76.06pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 41,816; 42th largest electorate in Bahia
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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Monte Santo−73.70 pts
Bahia−42.63 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)86.85% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)13.15%	−73.70 pts	Left bloc	84.38%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)84.39% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)13.12% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.29% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.66% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.44% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−71.45 pts	Left bloc	81.67%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)11.97%	−76.06 pts	Left bloc	73.21%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)86.06% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)10.49% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.00% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.76% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.52% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−76.27 pts	Left bloc	72.53%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)91.01% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)8.99%	−82.03 pts	Left bloc	69.10%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)85.01% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)6.59% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.92% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.22% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.40% Marina Silva (REDE)0.28% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.20% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.06% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−82.64 pts	Left bloc	70.03%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)88.04% Aécio Neves (PSDB)11.96%	−76.07 pts	Left bloc	68.42%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)86.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)6.82% Marina Silva (PSB)5.87% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.46% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.16% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−85.28 pts	Left bloc	68.90%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.08% José Serra (PSDB)15.92%	−68.16 pts	Left bloc	67.60%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)83.03% José Serra (PSDB)13.14% Marina Silva (PV)3.47% Plínio (PSOL)0.20% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−73.57 pts	Left bloc	70.44%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.79%	−44.41 pts	Left bloc	72.24%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.56% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)34.21% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.11% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.87% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−31.08 pts	Left bloc	75.21%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)55.67% Lula (PT)44.33%	+11.33 pts	Right bloc	68.94%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)42.11% José Serra (PSDB)31.84% Ciro (PPS)18.48% Garotinho (PSB)7.27% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−36.32 pts	Left bloc	71.30%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)61.36% Lula (PT)25.61% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.51% Sirkis (PV)1.37% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.01% Eymael (PSDC)0.95% Enéas (PRONA)0.93% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.85% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.77% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.73% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.60% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.31%	+29.85 pts	Right bloc	66.22%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)52.70% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)37.66% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.16% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.20% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.35% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.05% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.04% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.84%	+22.60 pts	Right bloc	71.11%

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.