PI · Simplício Mendes immediate region

Simplício Mendes: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Simplício Mendes with 80.63% of valid votes against 19.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 61.25 points, 57.68 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −64.80pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 10,326; 48th 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.

Simplício Mendes−61.25 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)80.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)19.37%	−61.25 pts	Left bloc	84.18%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.06% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)18.32% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.10% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.35% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.03% Zema (NOVO)0.08% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−58.40 pts	Left bloc	85.07%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.83% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)16.17%	−67.65 pts	Left bloc	83.64%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)81.42% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)13.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.22% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.39% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.73% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−69.36 pts	Left bloc	86.13%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)84.79% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)15.21%	−69.59 pts	Left bloc	84.23%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.54% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.54% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)12.55% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.26% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.51% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.41% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.38% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.27% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.13% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Eymael (DC)0.01% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−69.20 pts	Left bloc	87.64%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.63% Aécio Neves (PSDB)18.37%	−63.27 pts	Left bloc	71.94%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)75.92% Aécio Neves (PSDB)12.61% Marina Silva (PSB)10.52% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.29% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.21% Eymael (PSDC)0.18% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.15% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−74.05 pts	Left bloc	76.08%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)60.69% José Serra (PSDB)39.31%	−21.37 pts	Left bloc	75.33%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)61.12% José Serra (PSDB)29.23% Marina Silva (PV)9.08% Plínio (PSOL)0.24% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−41.17 pts	Left bloc	78.75%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.17%	−41.66 pts	Left bloc	78.15%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.91% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)34.47% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.02% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.38% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−30.62 pts	Left bloc	83.55%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.43% José Serra (PSDB)40.57%	−18.86 pts	Left bloc	78.81%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.31% José Serra (PSDB)31.27% Ciro (PPS)11.83% Garotinho (PSB)6.46% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−37.46 pts	Left bloc	87.80%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)38.26% Lula (PT)36.10% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.33% Enéas (PRONA)2.50% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.31% Eymael (PSDC)0.92% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.92% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.84% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.77% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.72% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.69% Sirkis (PV)0.64%	−12.30 pts	Left bloc	68.45%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)43.69% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)37.38% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)7.05% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.83% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)3.38% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.12% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.12% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+23.00 pts	Right bloc	73.28%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.