MA · Barra do Corda immediate region

Arame: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Arame with 67.24% of valid votes against 32.76% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 34.49 points, 30.92 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −42.95pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 20,828; 61th largest electorate in Maranhão
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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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.

Arame−34.49 pts
Maranhão−39.08 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)67.24% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.76%	−34.49 pts	Left bloc	79.65%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.59% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)33.80% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)0.94% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.85% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.67% Zema (NOVO)0.10% Samara (UP)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−29.15 pts	Left bloc	80.46%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.53% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.47%	−45.07 pts	Left bloc	71.61%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.87% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.15% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.79% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.11% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−45.89 pts	Left bloc	72.95%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)78.65% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)21.35%	−57.31 pts	Left bloc	68.98%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)69.37% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)18.61% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.39% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.87% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.80% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.91% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.37% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.35% Marina Silva (REDE)0.21% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−53.85 pts	Left bloc	71.44%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)72.07% Aécio Neves (PSDB)27.93%	−44.15 pts	Left bloc	66.72%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.40% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.07% Marina Silva (PSB)12.60% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.43% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.27% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−64.77 pts	Left bloc	71.84%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)72.10% José Serra (PSDB)27.90%	−44.20 pts	Left bloc	67.24%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)71.23% José Serra (PSDB)23.82% Marina Silva (PV)4.60% Plínio (PSOL)0.23% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−52.33 pts	Left bloc	73.39%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.93% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.07%	−49.87 pts	Left bloc	75.14%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.57% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)34.08% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.55% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.55% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−31.34 pts	Left bloc	79.45%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.69% Lula (PT)45.31%	+9.38 pts	Right bloc	61.56%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)42.93% José Serra (PSDB)23.63% Ciro (PPS)17.96% Garotinho (PSB)15.35% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−52.73 pts	Left bloc	74.46%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.76% Lula (PT)22.15% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.71% Enéas (PRONA)1.11% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.00% Sirkis (PV)1.00% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.89% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.75% Eymael (PSDC)0.62% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.38% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.35% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.28%	+37.00 pts	Right bloc	67.90%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)63.52% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)23.29% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)7.39% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.82% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.38% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.25% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.78% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.58%	+50.93 pts	Right bloc	64.04%

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.