MA · Santa Inês immediate region

Santa Inês: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Inês with 64.59% of valid votes against 35.41% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 29.18 points, 25.61 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −34.04pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 63,452; 12th 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.

On the map of Maranhão

2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

Loading municipalities…

Hover or tap a municipality; click to open its page.

← Left bloc aheadRight bloc ahead →

Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Santa Inês−29.18 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)64.59% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)35.41%	−29.18 pts	Left bloc	80.69%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.99% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.08% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.91% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.83% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.02% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−21.91 pts	Left bloc	80.43%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.29% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.71%	−32.57 pts	Left bloc	79.18%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.77% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.54% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.65% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.19% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.09% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−34.38 pts	Left bloc	79.97%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.41% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.59%	−36.81 pts	Left bloc	80.95%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)54.94% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.91% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.91% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.51% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.43% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.79% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.53% Marina Silva (REDE)0.51% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.33% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.09% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−31.46 pts	Left bloc	83.32%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.39% Aécio Neves (PSDB)22.61%	−54.78 pts	Left bloc	72.46%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.35% Marina Silva (PSB)16.84% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.25% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.77% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.28% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.21% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.19% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−73.51 pts	Left bloc	75.69%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)70.84% José Serra (PSDB)29.16%	−41.68 pts	Left bloc	72.16%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)60.49% José Serra (PSDB)20.60% Marina Silva (PV)18.29% Plínio (PSOL)0.42% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−58.60 pts	Left bloc	77.08%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.40% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)16.60%	−66.80 pts	Left bloc	77.66%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.32% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.92% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.86% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−57.06 pts	Left bloc	80.43%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.54% José Serra (PSDB)45.46%	−9.09 pts	Left bloc	75.08%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)40.92% Ciro (PPS)24.90% Garotinho (PSB)19.43% José Serra (PSDB)14.53% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−70.95 pts	Left bloc	83.33%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)54.66% Lula (PT)25.28% Ciro Gomes (PPS)18.32% Enéas (PRONA)1.00% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.17% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.07% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.07% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	+12.06 pts	Right bloc	61.72%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.08% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)15.21% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.33% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.84% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.25% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.98% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.88% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+67.61 pts	Right bloc	67.89%

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

Other municipalities in the Santa Inês immediate region

Find another municipality

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.