PE · Palmares immediate region

Belém de Maria: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Belém de Maria with 74.69% of valid votes against 25.31% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 49.37 points, 45.80 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −50.94pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 9,172; 162th largest electorate in Pernambuco
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
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.

Belém de Maria−49.37 pts
Pernambuco−38.40 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)74.69% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.31%	−49.37 pts	Left bloc	84.95%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.80% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.45% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.43% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.16% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.11% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−44.52 pts	Left bloc	83.64%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.55% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.45%	−49.09 pts	Left bloc	78.33%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)73.57% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)23.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.90% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.07% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.17% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−50.97 pts	Left bloc	79.15%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)78.38% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)21.62%	−56.77 pts	Left bloc	74.33%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.29% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)18.78% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.20% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.79% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.50% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.47% Marina Silva (REDE)0.39% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.11% Eymael (DC)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−56.13 pts	Left bloc	78.03%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.79% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.21%	−53.59 pts	Left bloc	77.93%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.56% Marina Silva (PSB)35.64% Aécio Neves (PSDB)5.14% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.22% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.13% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−89.15 pts	Left bloc	80.41%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.94% José Serra (PSDB)15.06%	−69.88 pts	Left bloc	76.43%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)82.45% José Serra (PSDB)12.23% Marina Silva (PV)4.98% Plínio (PSOL)0.19% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−75.51 pts	Left bloc	82.41%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.88% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.12%	−63.77 pts	Left bloc	83.83%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.63% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)21.81% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.04% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.33% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−56.01 pts	Left bloc	86.42%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)57.28% Lula (PT)42.72%	+14.57 pts	Right bloc	63.77%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)45.71% Lula (PT)38.24% Garotinho (PSB)10.34% Ciro (PPS)5.54% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−8.57 pts	Left bloc	68.54%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)64.21% Lula (PT)22.64% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.94% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.79% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.74% Enéas (PRONA)0.97% Eymael (PSDC)0.95% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.82% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.59% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.54% Sirkis (PV)0.46% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.36%	+35.23 pts	Right bloc	63.30%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)63.81% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)26.42% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.76% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.64% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.61% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.14% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.06% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.56%	+43.93 pts	Right bloc	68.44%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

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.