MA · Chapadinha immediate region

Belágua: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Belágua with 88.78% of valid votes against 11.22% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 77.56 points, 73.99 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −81.61pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,093; 176th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 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.

Belágua−77.56 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)88.78% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)11.22%	−77.56 pts	Left bloc	80.07%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)85.61% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)12.34% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)0.90% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.55% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.47% Zema (NOVO)0.11% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−73.04 pts	Left bloc	81.42%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)90.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)9.04%	−81.93 pts	Left bloc	81.63%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)89.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)9.03% Ciro Gomes (PDT)0.78% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.50% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.10% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−80.31 pts	Left bloc	85.24%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)93.66% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)6.34%	−87.32 pts	Left bloc	81.09%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)89.57% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)5.87% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.38% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.00% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.73% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.23% Marina Silva (REDE)0.17% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.04% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−82.49 pts	Left bloc	86.33%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)93.93% Aécio Neves (PSDB)6.07%	−87.86 pts	Left bloc	76.21%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)92.13% Marina Silva (PSB)4.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)2.08% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.69% +7 more Eymael (PSDC)0.26% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.15% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−93.74 pts	Left bloc	83.17%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)92.64% José Serra (PSDB)7.36%	−85.27 pts	Left bloc	77.92%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)92.15% José Serra (PSDB)5.06% Marina Silva (PV)2.52% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% +3 more Plínio (PSOL)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−89.82 pts	Left bloc	87.01%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)96.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.73%	−92.53 pts	Left bloc	81.84%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)91.38% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.78% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.45% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.24% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15%	−88.15 pts	Left bloc	84.07%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.44% José Serra (PSDB)19.56%	−60.88 pts	Left bloc	65.78%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.72% Ciro (PPS)39.65% Garotinho (PSB)8.84% José Serra (PSDB)4.75% +1 more Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−90.51 pts	Left bloc	80.62%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)49.97% Lula (PT)34.82% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.03% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)2.23% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.78% Eymael (PSDC)1.53% Sirkis (PV)1.08% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.02% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.95% Enéas (PRONA)0.89% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.38% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.32%	+8.08 pts	Right bloc	85.33%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(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.