MA · Presidente Dutra immediate region

Senador Alexandre Costa: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Senador Alexandre Costa with 75.58% of valid votes against 24.42% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 51.16 points, 47.59 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −56.99pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,450; 167th 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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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.

Senador Alexandre Costa−51.16 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)75.58% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)24.42%	−51.16 pts	Left bloc	74.89%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.71% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.60% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.35% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.68% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.56% Zema (NOVO)0.10% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−46.13 pts	Left bloc	76.02%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)79.04% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)20.96%	−58.07 pts	Left bloc	70.46%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)20.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.95% Simone Tebet (MDB)0.73% +7 more Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.21% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−57.89 pts	Left bloc	70.50%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)82.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.72%	−64.56 pts	Left bloc	69.64%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)72.08% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)17.25% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.02% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.73% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.71% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.43% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.29% Marina Silva (REDE)0.22% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.14% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.12% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−58.95 pts	Left bloc	71.55%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)82.21% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.79%	−64.41 pts	Left bloc	70.62%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)78.84% Marina Silva (PSB)12.17% Aécio Neves (PSDB)8.30% Eymael (PSDC)0.35% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.09% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.09% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−82.49 pts	Left bloc	72.91%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)83.00% José Serra (PSDB)17.00%	−66.00 pts	Left bloc	74.75%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.43% José Serra (PSDB)11.92% Marina Silva (PV)6.43% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% +4 more Plínio (PSOL)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02%	−76.06 pts	Left bloc	77.29%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)89.62% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.38%	−79.23 pts	Left bloc	69.09%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)84.41% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)13.43% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.04% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.93% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−72.77 pts	Left bloc	71.76%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)57.32% Lula (PT)42.68%	+14.64 pts	Right bloc	52.98%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)35.96% Ciro (PPS)34.24% Garotinho (PSB)19.90% José Serra (PSDB)9.75% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−80.50 pts	Left bloc	64.16%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.10% Lula (PT)19.44% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.09% Eymael (PSDC)1.08% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.04% Enéas (PRONA)0.95% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.86% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.77% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.77% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.45% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.36%	+37.61 pts	Right bloc	60.37%

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.