MA · Açailândia immediate region

Buriticupu: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Buriticupu with 61.95% of valid votes against 38.05% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 23.91 points, 20.34 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −35.62pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 42,732; 21th 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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

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

Buriticupu−23.91 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)61.95% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.05%	−23.91 pts	Left bloc	76.64%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.81% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.74% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.62% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.99% Zema (NOVO)0.13% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−16.62 pts	Left bloc	77.17%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)67.62% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.38%	−35.24 pts	Left bloc	77.05%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.87% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.89% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.09% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.15% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−37.43 pts	Left bloc	78.30%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)74.66% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)25.34%	−49.31 pts	Left bloc	83.69%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)66.25% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)23.54% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.60% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.28% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.81% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.60% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.26% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−44.18 pts	Left bloc	86.78%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)79.35% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.65%	−58.71 pts	Left bloc	69.87%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.68% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.96% Marina Silva (PSB)9.91% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.05% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−71.67 pts	Left bloc	73.13%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.24% José Serra (PSDB)18.76%	−62.47 pts	Left bloc	69.29%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.28% José Serra (PSDB)15.71% Marina Silva (PV)7.55% Plínio (PSOL)0.28% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−68.42 pts	Left bloc	75.82%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.49% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)14.51%	−70.97 pts	Left bloc	77.05%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.89% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.42% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.09% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.49% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−62.94 pts	Left bloc	80.13%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.55% José Serra (PSDB)44.45%	−11.09 pts	Left bloc	67.43%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.64% Garotinho (PSB)24.02% Ciro (PPS)16.21% José Serra (PSDB)14.04% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−71.93 pts	Left bloc	75.72%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)64.21% Lula (PT)22.82% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.27% Enéas (PRONA)1.29% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.93% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.87% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.70% Eymael (PSDC)0.52% Sirkis (PV)0.51% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.41% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.25% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23%	+33.82 pts	Right bloc	64.69%

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.