MA · Viana immediate region

Penalva: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Penalva with 86.16% of valid votes against 13.84% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 72.33 points, 68.76 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −74.90pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 26,016; 43th 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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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.

Penalva−72.33 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)86.16% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)13.84%	−72.33 pts	Left bloc	72.01%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.83% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)14.73% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.70% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.83% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.75% Zema (NOVO)0.10% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−67.14 pts	Left bloc	74.22%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.74% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.26%	−73.48 pts	Left bloc	64.34%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)84.20% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)12.55% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.61% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.18% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.29% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.13% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−71.68 pts	Left bloc	67.13%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)89.38% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)10.62%	−78.75 pts	Left bloc	61.17%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)83.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)10.44% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.43% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.94% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.74% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.72% Marina Silva (REDE)0.29% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.15% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.15% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−73.95 pts	Left bloc	64.80%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)92.10% Aécio Neves (PSDB)7.90%	−84.19 pts	Left bloc	60.19%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)87.58% Marina Silva (PSB)7.72% Aécio Neves (PSDB)3.61% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.65% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.15% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−91.21 pts	Left bloc	65.33%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)90.92% José Serra (PSDB)9.08%	−81.83 pts	Left bloc	61.71%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)86.82% José Serra (PSDB)7.42% Marina Silva (PV)5.44% Plínio (PSOL)0.16% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−85.05 pts	Left bloc	65.69%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)93.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.17%	−87.66 pts	Left bloc	72.35%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)88.23% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.13% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.62% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.82% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−83.35 pts	Left bloc	76.98%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.64% José Serra (PSDB)40.36%	−19.27 pts	Left bloc	54.94%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.22% Garotinho (PSB)23.99% Ciro (PPS)17.30% José Serra (PSDB)11.35% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−77.30 pts	Left bloc	72.27%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)60.19% Lula (PT)23.71% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.36% Enéas (PRONA)1.49% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.17% Eymael (PSDC)1.10% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.08% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.02% Sirkis (PV)0.92% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.36% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.29%	+27.48 pts	Right bloc	63.91%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.96% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)20.82% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)5.39% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.43% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.57% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.23% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.97% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.62%	+55.90 pts	Right bloc	64.01%

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.