MA · Santa Inês immediate region

São João do Carú: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São João do Carú with 71.85% of valid votes against 28.15% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 43.70 points, 40.13 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −51.78pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 10,142; 148th largest electorate in Maranhão
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 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 João do Carú−43.70 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)71.85% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)28.15%	−43.70 pts	Left bloc	72.48%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.68% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)29.68% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.58% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.05% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.80% Zema (NOVO)0.15% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−36.62 pts	Left bloc	73.34%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.59% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.41%	−51.18 pts	Left bloc	65.05%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.43% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)23.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.35% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.94% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−51.61 pts	Left bloc	66.49%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)82.52% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.48%	−65.04 pts	Left bloc	64.93%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.61% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.15% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.71% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.38% Marina Silva (REDE)0.16% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.13% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−61.86 pts	Left bloc	68.37%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.90% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.10%	−61.81 pts	Left bloc	62.39%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)77.01% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.58% Marina Silva (PSB)3.78% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.22% +7 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−62.06 pts	Left bloc	66.60%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)88.42% José Serra (PSDB)11.58%	−76.83 pts	Left bloc	69.50%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)86.21% José Serra (PSDB)10.88% Marina Silva (PV)2.58% Eymael (PSDC)0.14% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Plínio (PSOL)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−77.96 pts	Left bloc	74.99%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.57% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.43%	−65.13 pts	Left bloc	71.81%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.54% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.62% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.88% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−48.51 pts	Left bloc	76.12%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)62.52% Lula (PT)37.48%	+25.04 pts	Right bloc	50.66%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)29.49% Lula (PT)27.28% Ciro (PPS)25.23% José Serra (PSDB)17.78% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22%	−64.44 pts	Left bloc	69.67%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)80.14% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.19% Lula (PT)5.48% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.63% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.55% Sirkis (PV)1.20% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.01% Enéas (PRONA)0.58% Eymael (PSDC)0.51% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.16%	+63.86 pts	Right bloc	62.30%

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.