MA · Imperatriz immediate region

Montes Altos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Montes Altos with 62.96% of valid votes against 37.04% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 25.93 points, 22.36 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −34.10pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,515; 183th 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.

Montes Altos−25.93 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)62.96% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.04%	−25.93 pts	Left bloc	81.62%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.71% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.17% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.44% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.39% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.13% Samara (UP)0.08% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−20.51 pts	Left bloc	80.93%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.78%	−32.44 pts	Left bloc	81.79%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.69% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.09% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.87% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.74% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.31% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.22% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−35.19 pts	Left bloc	82.56%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)74.51% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)25.49%	−49.03 pts	Left bloc	84.37%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)61.65% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)21.82% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.22% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.43% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.42% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.73% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.63% Marina Silva (REDE)0.47% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.34% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.26% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−45.40 pts	Left bloc	87.72%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)72.21% Aécio Neves (PSDB)27.79%	−44.42 pts	Left bloc	73.02%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)60.75% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.56% Marina Silva (PSB)16.36% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.48% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.38% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−55.59 pts	Left bloc	77.27%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)72.40% José Serra (PSDB)27.60%	−44.79 pts	Left bloc	72.22%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)67.11% José Serra (PSDB)19.46% Marina Silva (PV)12.80% Plínio (PSOL)0.44% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−60.97 pts	Left bloc	78.86%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.50% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.50%	−56.99 pts	Left bloc	78.09%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.92% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.05% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.21% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08%	−49.99 pts	Left bloc	81.91%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.45% José Serra (PSDB)47.55%	−4.90 pts	Left bloc	71.84%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)50.52% Lula (PT)28.29% Garotinho (PSB)13.13% José Serra (PSDB)7.74% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32%	−84.51 pts	Left bloc	84.40%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)51.64% Ciro Gomes (PPS)24.16% Lula (PT)17.62% Enéas (PRONA)1.36% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.04% Sirkis (PV)0.98% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.92% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.82% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.41% Eymael (PSDC)0.41% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.41% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.22%	+8.91 pts	Right bloc	66.75%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.23% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)15.38% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.12% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.81% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.34% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.95% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.70% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.47%	+67.33 pts	Right bloc	63.61%

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.