MA · Balsas immediate region

Fortaleza dos Nogueiras: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Fortaleza dos Nogueiras with 65.13% of valid votes against 34.87% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 30.26 points, 26.69 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −37.69pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 10,569; 144th 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.

Fortaleza dos Nogueiras−30.26 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)65.13% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.87%	−30.26 pts	Left bloc	83.61%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.46% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)35.03% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.61% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.95% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.70% Zema (NOVO)0.19% Samara (UP)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−26.20 pts	Left bloc	83.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.85% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.15%	−39.70 pts	Left bloc	80.79%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.44% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.71% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.95% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.61% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.13% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.09% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−40.77 pts	Left bloc	80.51%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)72.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.20%	−45.60 pts	Left bloc	80.75%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)64.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.88% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.83% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.95% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.02% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.35% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.30% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.20% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−42.59 pts	Left bloc	83.28%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.02% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.98%	−48.03 pts	Left bloc	72.57%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.72% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.37% Marina Silva (PSB)8.47% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.76% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.38% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−59.44 pts	Left bloc	76.51%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.91% José Serra (PSDB)17.09%	−65.83 pts	Left bloc	72.00%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.75% José Serra (PSDB)13.66% Marina Silva (PV)4.13% Plínio (PSOL)0.22% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−72.46 pts	Left bloc	78.73%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.36% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.64%	−46.72 pts	Left bloc	76.85%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.76% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.11% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.93% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.33% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−35.57 pts	Left bloc	83.08%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.65% José Serra (PSDB)37.35%	−25.30 pts	Left bloc	68.32%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.47% Ciro (PPS)19.95% José Serra (PSDB)15.40% Garotinho (PSB)10.88% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−69.19 pts	Left bloc	77.54%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)70.72% Lula (PT)13.53% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.94% Enéas (PRONA)1.11% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.95% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.92% Sirkis (PV)0.55% Eymael (PSDC)0.49% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.25% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.12%	+45.99 pts	Right bloc	72.77%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)70.72% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)18.62% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.75% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.55% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.24% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.24% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.59% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+60.29 pts	Right bloc	66.51%

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.