MA · Cururupu immediate region

Central do Maranhão: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Central do Maranhão with 88.95% of valid votes against 11.05% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 77.89 points, 74.32 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −80.74pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,807; 180th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 0; 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.

Central do Maranhão−77.89 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)88.95% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)11.05%	−77.89 pts	Left bloc	69.77%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)83.82% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)12.69% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.38% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.19% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.62% Samara (UP)0.14% Zema (NOVO)0.09% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−70.75 pts	Left bloc	74.15%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)90.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)9.44%	−81.12 pts	Left bloc	65.48%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)88.51% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)8.95% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.28% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.11% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.06% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−79.61 pts	Left bloc	68.46%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)92.14% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)7.86%	−84.28 pts	Left bloc	59.00%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)85.86% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)8.52% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.44% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.51% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.60% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.56% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.19% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.14% Marina Silva (REDE)0.09% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−77.15 pts	Left bloc	65.55%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)93.19% Aécio Neves (PSDB)6.81%	−86.39 pts	Left bloc	57.56%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)89.13% Marina Silva (PSB)7.28% Aécio Neves (PSDB)2.63% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.46% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−93.40 pts	Left bloc	63.15%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)95.85% José Serra (PSDB)4.15%	−91.70 pts	Left bloc	59.92%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)92.21% José Serra (PSDB)3.90% Marina Silva (PV)3.56% Eymael (PSDC)0.13% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Plínio (PSOL)0.08% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	−91.95 pts	Left bloc	69.15%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)97.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.80%	−94.39 pts	Left bloc	74.76%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)90.80% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.30% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.11% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.58% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−91.35 pts	Left bloc	79.33%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.63% José Serra (PSDB)13.37%	−73.26 pts	Left bloc	53.45%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.20% Garotinho (PSB)24.18% Ciro (PPS)11.64% José Serra (PSDB)2.80% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−94.40 pts	Left bloc	70.36%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)41.56% Lula (PT)40.79% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.44% Enéas (PRONA)3.10% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.32% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.16% Eymael (PSDC)1.01% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.77% Sirkis (PV)0.62% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.54% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.46% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.23%	−6.19 pts	Left bloc	67.89%

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

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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.