MA · Balsas immediate region

Balsas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Balsas with 54.85% of valid votes against 45.15% for Lula: a margin of 9.71 points, 13.28 points right of Brazil.

Toss-upSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −2.05pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 71,241; 10th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 2; 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; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Balsas+9.71 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)54.85% Lula (PT)45.15%	+9.71 pts	Right bloc	82.13%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)55.46% Lula (PT)38.38% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.92% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.70% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.29% Zema (NOVO)0.16% Samara (UP)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+17.26 pts	Right bloc	79.88%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)51.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)48.20%	−3.60 pts	Left bloc	79.96%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.65% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)43.18% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.61% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.06% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.19% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−8.53 pts	Left bloc	78.51%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)55.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)44.88%	−10.25 pts	Left bloc	78.21%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)45.24% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)40.12% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.63% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.10% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.09% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.72% Marina Silva (REDE)0.72% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.57% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.44% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.30% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−10.17 pts	Left bloc	79.12%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.24% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.76%	−30.48 pts	Left bloc	75.90%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)57.45% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.03% Marina Silva (PSB)17.66% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.06% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.33% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.22% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−51.33 pts	Left bloc	78.89%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)62.71% José Serra (PSDB)37.29%	−25.43 pts	Left bloc	73.23%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.79% José Serra (PSDB)29.99% Marina Silva (PV)10.75% Plínio (PSOL)0.30% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−39.85 pts	Left bloc	79.53%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.38% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.62%	−26.76 pts	Left bloc	78.30%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)42.93% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.94% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.79% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−13.62 pts	Left bloc	82.26%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.83% Lula (PT)48.17%	+3.67 pts	Right bloc	66.79%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)35.90% Ciro (PPS)24.12% José Serra (PSDB)24.03% Garotinho (PSB)15.60% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−51.95 pts	Left bloc	74.72%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)67.49% Lula (PT)16.62% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.65% Enéas (PRONA)1.41% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.69% Sirkis (PV)0.68% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.63% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.40% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.24% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.21%	+40.32 pts	Right bloc	73.09%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)68.86% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)17.31% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.83% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.17% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.50% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)2.06% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.99% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+60.39 pts	Right bloc	69.61%

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
2026(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right 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.