MG · Além Paraíba immediate region

Além Paraíba: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Além Paraíba with 56.38% of valid votes against 43.62% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 12.76 points, 9.19 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −11.35pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 27,008; 104th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: Yes; Voted for the national winner in every runoff from 2002 to 2026.

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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.

Além Paraíba−12.76 pts
Minas Gerais−0.87 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)56.38% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)43.62%	−12.76 pts	Left bloc	76.68%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.89% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.91% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.40% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.15% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.73% Zema (NOVO)0.70% Samara (UP)0.10% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−4.89 pts	Left bloc	75.26%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.68% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)44.32%	−11.35 pts	Left bloc	77.14%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.44% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.45% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.22% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.68% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.21% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−12.34 pts	Left bloc	76.69%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)50.52% Fernando Haddad (PT)49.48%	+1.03 pts	Right bloc	73.98%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)42.94% Fernando Haddad (PT)34.81% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.61% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.28% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.48% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.32% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.78% Marina Silva (REDE)0.78% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.44% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.40% Vera (PSTU)0.09% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+6.53 pts	Right bloc	76.02%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.43% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.57%	−32.85 pts	Left bloc	75.53%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.01% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.01% Marina Silva (PSB)21.25% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.00% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.83% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.49% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−51.81 pts	Left bloc	77.39%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.63% José Serra (PSDB)33.37%	−33.26 pts	Left bloc	77.28%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)54.09% José Serra (PSDB)22.62% Marina Silva (PV)22.49% Plínio (PSOL)0.58% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−54.47 pts	Left bloc	80.17%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.58% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.42%	−47.15 pts	Left bloc	78.84%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.12% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.96% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.49% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.07% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.18% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08%	−43.34 pts	Left bloc	80.81%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.86% José Serra (PSDB)24.14%	−51.73 pts	Left bloc	80.28%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.50% Garotinho (PSB)27.29% Ciro (PPS)10.47% José Serra (PSDB)10.12% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−79.76 pts	Left bloc	83.37%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)41.84% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)35.51% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.83% Enéas (PRONA)2.51% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.62% Eymael (PSDC)0.48% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.48% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.46% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.40% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.36% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.32% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20%	−21.24 pts	Left bloc	80.15%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)51.55% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)34.02% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.02% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.94% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.48% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.05% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.56% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.37%	+26.07 pts	Right bloc	84.08%

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
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(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.