MA · Chapadinha immediate region

Santa Quitéria do Maranhão: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Quitéria do Maranhão with 81.03% of valid votes against 18.97% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 62.07 points, 58.50 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −66.90pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 21,176; 60th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 1; 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.

Santa Quitéria do Maranhão−62.07 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)81.03% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)18.97%	−62.07 pts	Left bloc	79.19%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.66% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.00% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.11% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.95% +8 more Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)0.93% Zema (NOVO)0.28% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−55.26 pts	Left bloc	79.22%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.22%	−65.57 pts	Left bloc	70.81%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.10% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)15.88% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.32% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.92% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.51% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.18% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−64.94 pts	Left bloc	70.95%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)87.97% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)12.03%	−75.95 pts	Left bloc	68.83%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.14% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.90% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.99% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.95% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.00% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.26% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.23% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.20% Marina Silva (REDE)0.13% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−68.90 pts	Left bloc	71.23%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.32% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.68%	−74.63 pts	Left bloc	69.24%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)85.02% Marina Silva (PSB)8.36% Aécio Neves (PSDB)5.83% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.33% +7 more Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.10% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−87.85 pts	Left bloc	73.32%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)85.28% José Serra (PSDB)14.72%	−70.56 pts	Left bloc	71.20%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)84.94% José Serra (PSDB)12.15% Marina Silva (PV)2.52% Plínio (PSOL)0.20% +5 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−75.57 pts	Left bloc	74.45%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)93.53% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.47%	−87.07 pts	Left bloc	80.01%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)89.59% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)7.21% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.51% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.54% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−85.28 pts	Left bloc	82.76%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)66.70% Lula (PT)33.30%	+33.39 pts	Right bloc	73.84%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)33.78% José Serra (PSDB)31.77% Garotinho (PSB)17.91% Ciro (PPS)16.35% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−36.45 pts	Left bloc	84.16%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)76.39% Lula (PT)12.17% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.73% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.38% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.07% Enéas (PRONA)0.77% Sirkis (PV)0.72% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.51% Eymael (PSDC)0.47% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.25% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19%	+56.81 pts	Right bloc	73.80%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)71.33% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)18.86% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.78% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.72% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.56% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.43% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.75% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.56%	+59.41 pts	Right bloc	77.78%

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

When the municipality changed sides

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.