MA · São Luís immediate region

Rosário: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Rosário with 76.39% of valid votes against 23.61% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 52.79 points, 49.22 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −57.09pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 32,338; 29th 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.

Rosário−52.79 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)76.39% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)23.61%	−52.79 pts	Left bloc	79.39%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.76% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)23.45% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.37% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.86% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.36% Samara (UP)0.06% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−46.47 pts	Left bloc	80.61%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.57% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)22.43%	−55.13 pts	Left bloc	79.82%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.66% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.92% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.84% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.04% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.41% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−53.45 pts	Left bloc	81.95%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.41% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.59%	−60.82 pts	Left bloc	84.91%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)70.95% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.34% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.84% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.05% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.51% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.29% Marina Silva (REDE)0.92% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.60% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.34% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−54.73 pts	Left bloc	87.88%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.58% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.42%	−75.17 pts	Left bloc	71.87%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)78.30% Marina Silva (PSB)15.23% Aécio Neves (PSDB)4.82% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.98% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.23% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−88.07 pts	Left bloc	76.43%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)91.11% José Serra (PSDB)8.89%	−82.22 pts	Left bloc	70.43%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.16% Marina Silva (PV)12.89% José Serra (PSDB)5.53% Plínio (PSOL)0.26% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−88.79 pts	Left bloc	75.64%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)91.66% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.34%	−83.32 pts	Left bloc	75.51%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)85.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.77% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.57% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.24% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.14% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07%	−79.76 pts	Left bloc	79.29%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.63% José Serra (PSDB)28.37%	−43.26 pts	Left bloc	60.02%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.64% Garotinho (PSB)32.68% Ciro (PPS)14.64% José Serra (PSDB)6.66% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.33% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−86.68 pts	Left bloc	70.95%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)44.74% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)23.65% Ciro Gomes (PPS)22.27% Enéas (PRONA)3.44% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.01% Sirkis (PV)0.98% Eymael (PSDC)0.97% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.84% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.62% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.51% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.49% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.47%	−40.90 pts	Left bloc	70.28%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)56.87% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)22.56% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)7.35% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.10% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.61% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.13% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.76% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.61%	+50.62 pts	Right bloc	77.24%

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

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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.