MA · Itapecuru Mirim immediate region

Matões do Norte: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Matões do Norte with 82.45% of valid votes against 17.55% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 64.89 points, 61.32 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −70.54pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,654; 182th 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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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.

Matões do Norte−64.89 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)82.45% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)17.55%	−64.89 pts	Left bloc	72.34%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.72% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)19.83% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.41% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.08% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.78% Zema (NOVO)0.09% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−56.33 pts	Left bloc	74.89%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.23% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.77%	−70.46 pts	Left bloc	78.14%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.65% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.78% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.06% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.02% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.33% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.12% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−69.51 pts	Left bloc	79.31%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)89.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.00%	−78.01 pts	Left bloc	85.40%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)9.63% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.69% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.63% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.16% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.61% Marina Silva (REDE)0.28% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.07% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−71.71 pts	Left bloc	88.08%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)90.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)9.54%	−80.93 pts	Left bloc	63.38%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)86.11% Marina Silva (PSB)9.26% Aécio Neves (PSDB)4.16% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.14% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.07% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−91.16 pts	Left bloc	67.46%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)92.62% José Serra (PSDB)7.38%	−85.25 pts	Left bloc	62.57%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)89.17% Marina Silva (PV)5.91% José Serra (PSDB)4.67% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% +1 more Plínio (PSOL)0.09%	−90.66 pts	Left bloc	71.97%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)93.97% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.03%	−87.94 pts	Left bloc	66.92%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)89.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.26% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.55% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.77% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−83.16 pts	Left bloc	73.42%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.98% José Serra (PSDB)40.02%	−19.97 pts	Left bloc	58.96%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.73% Ciro (PPS)20.63% José Serra (PSDB)15.50% Garotinho (PSB)14.97% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−69.01 pts	Left bloc	70.80%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)61.33% Lula (PT)24.06% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.79% Enéas (PRONA)1.70% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.55% Eymael (PSDC)0.96% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.89% Sirkis (PV)0.81% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.52% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.52% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.44% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.44%	+30.92 pts	Right bloc	68.52%

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.