MG · Sete Lagoas immediate region

Araçaí: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Araçaí with 53.90% of valid votes against 46.10% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 7.80 points, 4.23 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −4.06pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,834; 812th 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?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2018.

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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.

Araçaí−7.80 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)53.90% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.10%	−7.80 pts	Left bloc	76.64%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.46% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.89% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.23% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.23% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.47% Zema (NOVO)0.62% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−1.47 pts	Left bloc	77.91%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.67%	−16.67 pts	Left bloc	82.99%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.66% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.89% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.69% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.07% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.53% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−15.45 pts	Left bloc	84.00%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)55.70% Fernando Haddad (PT)44.30%	+11.40 pts	Right bloc	67.62%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.12% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.96% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.28% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)7.35% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.21% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.22% Marina Silva (REDE)0.94% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.83% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.61% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.33% Vera (PSTU)0.11% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+12.11 pts	Right bloc	73.51%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)57.68% Dilma (PT)42.32%	+15.35 pts	Right bloc	72.53%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)52.82% Dilma (PT)37.66% Marina Silva (PSB)8.54% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.44% +3 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.38% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05%	+6.73 pts	Right bloc	76.19%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.84% Dilma (PT)48.16%	+3.68 pts	Right bloc	70.50%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)40.96% Dilma (PT)38.05% Marina Silva (PV)19.81% Plínio (PSOL)0.81% +3 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.11%	−17.54 pts	Left bloc	79.63%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.68% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)35.32%	−29.36 pts	Left bloc	75.06%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.81% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)45.63% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.84% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.35% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.24% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−8.01 pts	Left bloc	81.58%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.47% José Serra (PSDB)23.53%	−52.93 pts	Left bloc	77.26%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.20% José Serra (PSDB)18.90% Ciro (PPS)13.24% Garotinho (PSB)5.05% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.61%	−62.20 pts	Left bloc	82.37%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)46.32% Lula (PT)28.20% Ciro Gomes (PPS)17.83% Enéas (PRONA)3.97% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.87% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.48% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.48% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.48% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39% Eymael (PSDC)0.39% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.29% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.29%	+3.49 pts	Right bloc	79.76%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.53% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)17.39% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.50% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)6.13% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.78% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.99% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.49% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.20%	+61.66 pts	Right bloc	79.12%

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
2010(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.