MA · São João dos Patos immediate region

Paraibano: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Paraibano with 80.29% of valid votes against 19.71% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 60.57 points, 57.00 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −65.25pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 14,960; 105th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 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.

Paraibano−60.57 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)80.29% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)19.71%	−60.57 pts	Left bloc	76.63%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.05% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.29% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.16% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.84% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.60% Zema (NOVO)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−54.46 pts	Left bloc	74.54%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)16.28%	−67.45 pts	Left bloc	76.10%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)15.19% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.77% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.80% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.24% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.16% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−67.18 pts	Left bloc	75.40%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)85.81% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.19%	−71.62 pts	Left bloc	76.23%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)74.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)13.79% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.49% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.76% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.25% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.30% Marina Silva (REDE)0.24% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.11% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.10% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02%	−63.35 pts	Left bloc	74.67%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)83.55% Aécio Neves (PSDB)16.45%	−67.11 pts	Left bloc	63.43%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)80.03% Marina Silva (PSB)9.68% Aécio Neves (PSDB)9.53% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.28% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.15% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−80.06 pts	Left bloc	64.50%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.17% José Serra (PSDB)19.83%	−60.33 pts	Left bloc	62.52%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)79.12% José Serra (PSDB)14.82% Marina Silva (PV)5.44% Plínio (PSOL)0.29% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05%	−70.07 pts	Left bloc	66.56%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)88.58% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)11.42%	−77.16 pts	Left bloc	72.31%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.10% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.16% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.68% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.81% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−69.20 pts	Left bloc	75.14%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.66% Lula (PT)49.34%	+1.32 pts	Right bloc	60.52%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)38.06% Ciro (PPS)28.27% Garotinho (PSB)17.89% José Serra (PSDB)15.60% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−68.80 pts	Left bloc	72.25%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)45.14% Lula (PT)34.57% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.82% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.15% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.01% Sirkis (PV)0.99% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.92% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.84% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.56% Eymael (PSDC)0.52% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.34% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.16%	−4.56 pts	Left bloc	71.56%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)75.48% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.69% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.72% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.13% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.09% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.79% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.66% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+65.03 pts	Right bloc	74.81%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2002(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
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.