MA · Barreirinhas immediate region

Santo Amaro do Maranhão: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santo Amaro do Maranhão with 81.51% of valid votes against 18.49% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 63.03 points, 59.46 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −69.13pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 13,330; 120th 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.

Santo Amaro do Maranhão−63.03 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)81.51% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)18.49%	−63.03 pts	Left bloc	71.12%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.77% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)18.87% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.87% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.30% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.07% Zema (NOVO)0.06% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−57.36 pts	Left bloc	81.92%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.52%	−70.97 pts	Left bloc	70.32%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.82% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.16% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.01% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.29% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−67.25 pts	Left bloc	78.89%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)88.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.28%	−77.44 pts	Left bloc	64.78%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)81.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.53% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.20% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.92% Marina Silva (REDE)0.62% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.38% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.26% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.21% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.09% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−72.34 pts	Left bloc	78.56%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)86.92% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.08%	−73.84 pts	Left bloc	63.94%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)83.63% Marina Silva (PSB)11.23% Aécio Neves (PSDB)3.90% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.34% +7 more Eymael (PSDC)0.34% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−90.51 pts	Left bloc	80.32%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)90.34% José Serra (PSDB)9.66%	−80.69 pts	Left bloc	67.94%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)88.32% José Serra (PSDB)6.00% Marina Silva (PV)5.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.26% +4 more Plínio (PSOL)0.19% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−87.42 pts	Left bloc	82.23%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)90.93% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.07%	−81.87 pts	Left bloc	66.01%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)85.78% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.01% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.16% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.84% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−81.57 pts	Left bloc	79.80%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.98% José Serra (PSDB)44.02%	−11.97 pts	Left bloc	43.98%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)42.59% Garotinho (PSB)27.15% Ciro (PPS)16.06% José Serra (PSDB)13.49% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.59% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.12%	−73.03 pts	Left bloc	72.18%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)55.80% Lula (PT)26.37% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.64% Enéas (PRONA)2.43% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.66% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.54% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.32% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.90% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.55% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.51% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.17%	+20.73 pts	Right bloc	66.42%

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.