In 2026, in Maranhão, 18 federal deputies were elected, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The largest caucus was that of MDB (5). The most votes went to Pedro Lucas Fernandes (UNIÃO), with 188,853 votes (4.76% of the valid votes). The electoral quotient was about 220,609 votes, and the lowest vote total among those elected was 54,953: seats are allocated to the party first.
The quotient is the number of votes the party needs per seat (valid votes ÷ seats); the seat goes to the party's most voted candidate. The cutoff is the lowest vote total among those elected (the entry threshold), and it is usually much lower than the quotient. The top non-elected is the highest vote total among those not elected, and it can be higher than the cutoff (it is then highlighted), because the seat belongs to the party before it belongs to the candidate. Learn about the cutoff and the quotient in the tutorial.
The table above already includes every year from 1994 onward. To see an election before 1994, choose the year in All elections in Maranhão.
General Election·2026·Federal Deputy·Maranhão (MA)
Annulled votesRejected, under appeal · PT · No. 1310
Federation: PT / PC do B / PV · Coalition: PCDOB / PT / PV
—Margarida211
Annulled votesRejected · PL · No. 2266
—Eliene Freire44
Annulled votesRejected · MOBILIZA · No. 3370
—Murilo Pinheiro10
Annulled votesRejected · DC · No. 2777
—Marciel Gomes10
Annulled votesRejected · MOBILIZA · No. 3369
—Pereirão do Povo8
Annulled votesRejected · NOVO · No. 3044
—Paulo Sergio4
Annulled votesRejected · MOBILIZA · No. 3365
7 candidacies on this list had their votes annulled, according to data from the TSE: they appear at the end, with the votes entered on the voting machines (the machine tally report), without a percentage and outside the ranking of valid votes, because these votes are not part of the valid votes. The tag next to it shows the status of the candidacy registration in the TSE data, which may still change with a decision by the Electoral Courts.
Registered voters5,180,851
Turned out4,158,395
Abstentions1,022,456
Blank129,047
Null57,362
Valid3,970,967
Registered voters: voters who could vote. Turnout: how many went to the polls. Abstentions: how many stayed away (registered voters − turnout). Blank and Null: those who turned out but did not choose a valid candidate. Valid: the votes that count for candidates (turnout − blank − null); percentages are calculated on them.
18 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, split among 10 parties. A seat is worth about ~220,609 votes: the electoral quotient (valid votes ÷ seats). Of the 18 seats, 11 came from the quota (the party reaches the quotient) and 7 from the remainders (the seats left over go, one by one, to the party with the highest average). That is why the party with the most votes takes more than its own quota.
MDBMovimento Democrático Brasileiro527.78%
882,505 candidate votes + 25,594 party-list
4 from the quota + 1 from remainders
PLPartido Liberal422.22%
685,562 candidate votes + 10,440 party-list
3 from the quota + 1 from remainders
UNIÃOUNIÃO Brasil211.11%
339,836 candidate votes + 3,609 party-list
1 from the quota + 1 from remainders
PTPartido dos Trabalhadores15.56%
229,448 candidate votes + 15,441 party-list
1 from the quota
REPUBLICANOSREPUBLICANOS15.56%
204,978 candidate votes + 5,628 party-list
0 from the quota + 1 from remainders
PDTPartido Democrático Trabalhista15.56%
202,799 candidate votes + 14,107 party-list
0 from the quota + 1 from remainders
PSDBPartido da Social Democracia Brasileira15.56%
169,160 candidate votes + 3,518 party-list
0 from the quota + 1 from remainders
PRDPartido Renovacao Democratica15.56%
169,016 candidate votes + 3,434 party-list
1 from the quota
PPProgressistas15.56%
161,500 candidate votes + 10,211 party-list
1 from the quota
PCDOBPartido Comunista do Brasil15.56%
56,432 candidate votes + 1,335 party-list
0 from the quota + 1 from remainders
Elected seats, from the TSE results. This is the composition that came out of the ballot boxes, not the one the chamber had over the legislative term: anyone who switched parties after the election does not change this number. The count adds up those elected, without recalculating the quotient, so it matches the legal size of the chamber.
Votes by party (all, including those that elected no one)
Each party by its total votes (candidate votes + party-list votes), including those that won no seat. The number on the right is how many electoral quotients the party added up (votes ÷ quotient): below 1.0 it did not reach, on its own, the cost of a seat, but it could still elect through the coalition or the remainders.
Todas as eleições in Maranhão 34 anos, de 1933 a 2026▾
As eleições do Maranhão, ano a ano: nas eleições gerais de 1933 a 2026, a votação de cada candidato a presidente (somada no estado), governador, senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual, com a lista completa dos candidatos e quem foi eleito; nas eleições municipais de 1996 a 2024, prefeito e vereador, apurados cidade a cidade: cada uma leva às cidades do Maranhão. Escolha o ano e o cargo:
General election: president, governor, senator and deputies. Municipal election: mayor and city councillor.
The cutoff table covers from 1994 to 2026; the results by election go as far as the TSE publishes each office. Mayor and city council votes are counted city by city: in the list of elections, each one takes you to the cities in the state.
The percentage of valid votes is not shown in this table: valid votes include party-only votes, which do not go to any candidate.
