MA · Balsas immediate region

Sambaíba: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Sambaíba with 63.38% of valid votes against 36.62% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 26.75 points, 23.18 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −36.33pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,411; 206th 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.

Sambaíba−26.75 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)63.38% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.62%	−26.75 pts	Left bloc	76.57%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.37% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.19% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.53% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.01% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.66% Zema (NOVO)0.19% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−19.85 pts	Left bloc	81.35%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.63% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.37%	−39.27 pts	Left bloc	72.29%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)26.85% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.70% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.10% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−43.45 pts	Left bloc	77.45%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)72.05% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.95%	−44.10 pts	Left bloc	66.42%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)61.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)24.07% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.29% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.50% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.97% Marina Silva (REDE)0.34% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.32% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.18% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.16% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.13% Vera (PSTU)0.08% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−39.60 pts	Left bloc	78.07%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.39% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.61%	−52.78 pts	Left bloc	68.40%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)72.98% Marina Silva (PSB)13.10% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.02% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.35% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.24% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−73.06 pts	Left bloc	81.95%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.13% José Serra (PSDB)22.87%	−54.26 pts	Left bloc	69.11%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.13% José Serra (PSDB)16.17% Marina Silva (PV)7.44% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% +2 more Plínio (PSOL)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03%	−67.38 pts	Left bloc	86.26%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.81% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.19%	−63.61 pts	Left bloc	75.87%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.73% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.73% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.75% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.63% +2 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.06%	−48.22 pts	Left bloc	82.18%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.14% José Serra (PSDB)40.86%	−18.28 pts	Left bloc	51.58%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)58.81% Lula (PT)19.99% Garotinho (PSB)10.69% José Serra (PSDB)10.35% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−79.29 pts	Left bloc	75.73%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)70.47% Ciro Gomes (PPS)15.60% Lula (PT)8.51% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.11% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.01% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.96% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.66% Sirkis (PV)0.61% Eymael (PSDC)0.46% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.30% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.20% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.10%	+45.09 pts	Right bloc	66.77%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)81.65% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)11.30% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.96% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.44% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.18% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.18% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.91% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.39%	+75.57 pts	Right bloc	59.97%

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.