MA · Santa Inês immediate region

Nova Olinda do Maranhão: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Nova Olinda do Maranhão with 77.20% of valid votes against 22.80% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 54.40 points, 50.83 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −60.71pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 13,511; 118th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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.

Nova Olinda do Maranhão−54.40 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)77.20% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)22.80%	−54.40 pts	Left bloc	74.44%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.03% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)24.54% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.28% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.03% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.97% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−46.73 pts	Left bloc	76.80%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.52%	−60.95 pts	Left bloc	68.96%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.09% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.72% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.30% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.35% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.24% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.19% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−58.88 pts	Left bloc	72.43%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)83.94% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.06%	−67.88 pts	Left bloc	67.72%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.69% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)15.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.02% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.00% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.49% Marina Silva (REDE)0.31% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.22% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.19% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−63.57 pts	Left bloc	73.01%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)86.63% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.37%	−73.26 pts	Left bloc	67.11%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.61% Marina Silva (PSB)9.56% Aécio Neves (PSDB)7.22% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.71% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.62% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−84.08 pts	Left bloc	73.71%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)83.51% José Serra (PSDB)16.49%	−67.02 pts	Left bloc	68.75%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.67% José Serra (PSDB)11.66% Marina Silva (PV)8.62% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% +1 more Plínio (PSOL)0.03%	−76.63 pts	Left bloc	76.60%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)89.88% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.12%	−79.76 pts	Left bloc	76.38%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.85% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)14.46% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.62% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.81% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−70.56 pts	Left bloc	80.76%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.18% Lula (PT)45.82%	+8.36 pts	Right bloc	67.24%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)37.63% Garotinho (PSB)32.07% Ciro (PPS)22.96% José Serra (PSDB)7.19% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−85.63 pts	Left bloc	82.58%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.08% Lula (PT)18.21% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.10% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.10% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.99% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.92% Sirkis (PV)0.85% Eymael (PSDC)0.75% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.45% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.23% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19%	+35.62 pts	Right bloc	54.52%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(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.