MA · Tutóia - Araioses immediate region

Santana do Maranhão: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santana do Maranhão with 79.63% of valid votes against 20.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 59.26 points, 55.69 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −63.46pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,167; 172th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 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.

Santana do Maranhão−59.26 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)79.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.37%	−59.26 pts	Left bloc	73.61%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.21% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.61% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.22% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)0.91% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.81% Zema (NOVO)0.18% Samara (UP)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−52.34 pts	Left bloc	76.55%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.00%	−61.99 pts	Left bloc	65.52%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.02% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.75% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.71% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.12% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.09% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−62.02 pts	Left bloc	68.43%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)86.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)13.67%	−72.66 pts	Left bloc	63.56%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)76.49% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.66% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.86% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.39% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.37% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.66% Marina Silva (REDE)0.19% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.15% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.11% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−63.46 pts	Left bloc	68.51%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.38% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.63%	−68.75 pts	Left bloc	63.49%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)77.38% Marina Silva (PSB)16.87% Aécio Neves (PSDB)5.23% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.20% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.07% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00%	−88.96 pts	Left bloc	68.44%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)85.94% José Serra (PSDB)14.06%	−71.88 pts	Left bloc	62.48%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.90% José Serra (PSDB)10.31% Marina Silva (PV)7.52% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% +3 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Plínio (PSOL)0.03%	−78.99 pts	Left bloc	67.99%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)91.34% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.66%	−82.68 pts	Left bloc	72.72%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)83.32% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)13.47% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.87% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.18% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−72.72 pts	Left bloc	75.41%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)68.93% Lula (PT)31.07%	+37.86 pts	Right bloc	68.23%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)52.22% Garotinho (PSB)21.67% Lula (PT)20.03% Ciro (PPS)5.95% +1 more Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.13%	+4.44 pts	Right bloc	75.86%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)82.77% Lula (PT)6.25% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.90% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.89% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.65% Sirkis (PV)0.47% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.47% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.41% Eymael (PSDC)0.41% Enéas (PRONA)0.35% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.29% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.12%	+68.73 pts	Right bloc	72.58%

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

When the municipality changed sides

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.