MA · Imperatriz immediate region

Buritirana: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Buritirana with 58.00% of valid votes against 42.00% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 16.01 points, 12.44 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −25.88pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 10,837; 141th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 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.

Buritirana−16.01 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)58.00% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.00%	−16.01 pts	Left bloc	81.53%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.25% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.87% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.05% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.39% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.23% Zema (NOVO)0.13% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−8.74 pts	Left bloc	81.63%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)61.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)38.18%	−23.65 pts	Left bloc	74.57%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.95% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.26% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.99% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.47% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.13% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.10% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−25.93 pts	Left bloc	75.21%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.67% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.33%	−37.34 pts	Left bloc	71.38%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)58.67% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.30% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.66% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.76% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.60% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.05% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.29% Marina Silva (REDE)0.24% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.24% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.13% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−31.81 pts	Left bloc	74.64%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)75.80% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.20%	−51.61 pts	Left bloc	72.30%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.10% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.31% Marina Silva (PSB)13.87% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.18% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−66.55 pts	Left bloc	75.83%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.29% José Serra (PSDB)25.71%	−48.59 pts	Left bloc	69.87%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.97% José Serra (PSDB)19.98% Marina Silva (PV)13.53% Plínio (PSOL)0.31% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−59.91 pts	Left bloc	75.57%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.43% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.57%	−52.87 pts	Left bloc	72.50%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.81% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.14% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.23% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.46% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.29% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06%	−35.01 pts	Left bloc	77.76%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)60.49% Lula (PT)39.51%	+20.99 pts	Right bloc	67.90%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)34.12% Ciro (PPS)28.97% Lula (PT)23.14% José Serra (PSDB)13.76% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−72.49 pts	Left bloc	80.93%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.52% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.93% Lula (PT)13.82% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.24% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.08% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.92% Sirkis (PV)0.86% Eymael (PSDC)0.84% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.76% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.49% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.35% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.19%	+36.93 pts	Right bloc	68.60%

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.