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São João do Paraíso: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São João do Paraíso with 55.86% of valid votes against 44.14% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 11.73 points, 8.16 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −24.46pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,599; 163th 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 Paraíso−11.73 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)55.86% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.14%	−11.73 pts	Left bloc	84.08%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.27% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.60% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.83% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.53% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.55% Zema (NOVO)0.17% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−10.25 pts	Left bloc	84.25%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.91% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.09%	−25.81 pts	Left bloc	76.34%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.40% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.31% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.21% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.77% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.09% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−26.41 pts	Left bloc	76.78%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)70.27% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.73%	−40.54 pts	Left bloc	73.88%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)58.80% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.14% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.53% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.95% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.63% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.81% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.35% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.29% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−37.96 pts	Left bloc	76.27%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)70.83% Aécio Neves (PSDB)29.17%	−41.66 pts	Left bloc	73.41%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)66.75% Aécio Neves (PSDB)20.47% Marina Silva (PSB)11.79% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.59% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−57.47 pts	Left bloc	76.79%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.28% José Serra (PSDB)34.72%	−30.56 pts	Left bloc	72.47%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.60% José Serra (PSDB)33.00% Marina Silva (PV)8.04% Plínio (PSOL)0.25% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−33.83 pts	Left bloc	77.11%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.57% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.43%	−33.15 pts	Left bloc	76.82%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.35% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)41.70% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.88% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.84% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−16.12 pts	Left bloc	80.40%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)67.27% Lula (PT)32.73%	+34.54 pts	Right bloc	67.03%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Ciro (PPS)45.61% Lula (PT)24.76% Garotinho (PSB)15.86% José Serra (PSDB)13.66% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−72.69 pts	Left bloc	76.85%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)67.29% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.03% Lula (PT)11.09% Enéas (PRONA)1.32% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.95% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.88% Sirkis (PV)0.77% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.59% Eymael (PSDC)0.48% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.22% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.18%	+39.41 pts	Right bloc	74.76%

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.