MA · Caxias immediate region

Caxias: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Caxias with 74.54% of valid votes against 25.46% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 49.09 points, 45.52 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −52.94pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 113,423; 5th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 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.

Caxias−49.09 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)74.54% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.46%	−49.09 pts	Left bloc	81.27%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.03% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)26.04% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.37% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.08% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.25% Zema (NOVO)0.10% Samara (UP)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−40.98 pts	Left bloc	79.77%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.18% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)22.82%	−54.36 pts	Left bloc	80.15%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)20.39% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.99% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.98% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.18% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.13% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.12% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−54.38 pts	Left bloc	80.20%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.92% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.08%	−51.84 pts	Left bloc	83.18%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)64.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)22.12% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.47% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.35% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.99% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.75% Marina Silva (REDE)0.70% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.54% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.41% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.23% Vera (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−48.02 pts	Left bloc	83.14%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.38% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.62%	−68.76 pts	Left bloc	70.67%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)74.18% Marina Silva (PSB)16.37% Aécio Neves (PSDB)7.93% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.47% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.44% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−82.60 pts	Left bloc	72.48%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)83.13% José Serra (PSDB)16.87%	−66.26 pts	Left bloc	70.42%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)74.56% Marina Silva (PV)14.48% José Serra (PSDB)10.40% Plínio (PSOL)0.32% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−78.96 pts	Left bloc	73.65%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)91.06% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.94%	−82.11 pts	Left bloc	74.73%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)83.63% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)12.12% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.23% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.81% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−75.35 pts	Left bloc	76.69%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.37% José Serra (PSDB)33.63%	−32.74 pts	Left bloc	60.43%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.38% Ciro (PPS)17.65% Garotinho (PSB)16.75% José Serra (PSDB)13.79% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−72.42 pts	Left bloc	71.16%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)45.66% Lula (PT)33.35% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.65% Sergio Bueno (PSC)1.99% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.14% Sirkis (PV)0.41% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.24% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.12% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.11% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.07%	−1.54 pts	Left bloc	68.40%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)57.22% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.93% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.51% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.32% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.64% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.31% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.09% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.98%	+41.52 pts	Right bloc	68.63%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.