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São José do Piauí: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São José do Piauí with 83.82% of valid votes against 16.18% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 67.63 points, 64.06 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −69.95pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,006; 109th largest electorate in Piauí
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.

São José do Piauí−67.63 pts
Piauí−51.75 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)83.82% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)16.18%	−67.63 pts	Left bloc	81.15%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)82.03% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)15.25% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.27% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.94% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.45% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−66.67 pts	Left bloc	80.98%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)85.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)14.44%	−71.13 pts	Left bloc	81.98%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)84.45% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.10% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)0.89% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.48% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−70.72 pts	Left bloc	81.91%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)85.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.22%	−71.57 pts	Left bloc	83.35%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)79.41% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)11.95% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.14% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.39% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.70% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.48% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.46% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.24% Marina Silva (REDE)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−69.91 pts	Left bloc	83.61%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)87.47% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.53%	−74.94 pts	Left bloc	74.34%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)86.13% Marina Silva (PSB)7.53% Aécio Neves (PSDB)5.69% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.30% +4 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.25% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.02%	−88.13 pts	Left bloc	75.37%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)80.88% José Serra (PSDB)19.12%	−61.76 pts	Left bloc	76.67%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)82.72% José Serra (PSDB)12.79% Marina Silva (PV)4.17% Plínio (PSOL)0.16% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−74.32 pts	Left bloc	77.43%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)84.72% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.28%	−69.43 pts	Left bloc	83.77%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.53% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.90% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.90% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.44% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.10%	−61.74 pts	Left bloc	85.96%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)51.84% José Serra (PSDB)48.16%	−3.68 pts	Left bloc	81.19%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)39.69% José Serra (PSDB)33.12% Ciro (PPS)18.13% Garotinho (PSB)8.93% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−33.75 pts	Left bloc	83.68%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)75.18% Lula (PT)8.25% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.13% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)2.51% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.37% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.10% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.65% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.49% Sirkis (PV)0.46% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.42% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.38%	+56.97 pts	Right bloc	65.28%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)49.50% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)40.06% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)6.95% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.75% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)0.75% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.47% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.34% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.19%	+85.16 pts	Right bloc	77.28%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(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.