MA · Balsas immediate region

São Félix de Balsas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Félix de Balsas with 68.80% of valid votes against 31.20% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 37.60 points, 34.03 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −53.49pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,225; 216th 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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

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

São Félix de Balsas−37.60 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)68.80% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.20%	−37.60 pts	Left bloc	75.57%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.32% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.03% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.10% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.40% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.57% Zema (NOVO)0.48% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−31.04 pts	Left bloc	78.05%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)21.52%	−56.96 pts	Left bloc	70.61%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.21% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)21.46% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.37% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.58% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.31% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−55.16 pts	Left bloc	72.73%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)85.55% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.45%	−71.09 pts	Left bloc	67.54%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.85% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.20% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.28% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.79% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.04% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.26% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.22% Vera (PSTU)0.15% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.11% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.07% Marina Silva (REDE)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−62.84 pts	Left bloc	75.53%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)86.95% Aécio Neves (PSDB)13.05%	−73.91 pts	Left bloc	66.34%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.80% Aécio Neves (PSDB)8.48% Marina Silva (PSB)7.58% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.78% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.57% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.45% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−80.49 pts	Left bloc	72.65%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.36% José Serra (PSDB)12.64%	−74.72 pts	Left bloc	69.44%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)84.91% José Serra (PSDB)10.06% Marina Silva (PV)4.48% Plínio (PSOL)0.29% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−79.63 pts	Left bloc	78.87%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)91.29% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.71%	−82.58 pts	Left bloc	73.33%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)85.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)13.30% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.87% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.32% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−72.92 pts	Left bloc	82.62%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)57.02% Lula (PT)42.98%	+14.04 pts	Right bloc	59.84%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)38.27% Lula (PT)23.92% Garotinho (PSB)21.97% José Serra (PSDB)15.79% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05%	−68.42 pts	Left bloc	84.40%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)62.08% Lula (PT)14.93% Ciro Gomes (PPS)14.48% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.58% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.38% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.27% Sirkis (PV)1.17% Enéas (PRONA)1.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.97% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.56% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.31% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20%	+30.38 pts	Right bloc	71.00%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)76.63% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)13.41% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.15% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.72% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.53% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.40% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.57% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.57%	+69.73 pts	Right bloc	75.32%

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.