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Arcos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Arcos with 57.64% of valid votes against 42.36% for Lula: a margin of 15.27 points, 18.84 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +15.76pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 33,541; 82th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 2 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Arcos+15.27 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)57.64% Lula (PT)42.36%	+15.27 pts	Right bloc	80.97%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)56.49% Lula (PT)33.86% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.60% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.59% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.12% Zema (NOVO)1.22% Samara (UP)0.06% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+24.90 pts	Right bloc	78.42%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)56.98% Lula (PT)43.02%	+13.96 pts	Right bloc	81.90%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)48.92% Lula (PT)41.19% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.28% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.93% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.10% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.42% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02%	+11.61 pts	Right bloc	80.78%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)63.72% Fernando Haddad (PT)36.28%	+27.45 pts	Right bloc	80.54%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)49.56% Fernando Haddad (PT)17.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.50% João Amoêdo (NOVO)10.29% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.30% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.00% Marina Silva (REDE)0.64% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.50% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.36% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.34% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	+32.11 pts	Right bloc	81.62%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.37% Aécio Neves (PSDB)48.63%	−2.74 pts	Left bloc	83.52%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)43.45% Dilma (PT)42.56% Marina Silva (PSB)10.92% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.51% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.67% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.54% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−11.53 pts	Left bloc	84.70%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.71% José Serra (PSDB)41.29%	−17.42 pts	Left bloc	84.37%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)48.76% José Serra (PSDB)30.51% Marina Silva (PV)20.02% Plínio (PSOL)0.49% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−38.72 pts	Left bloc	86.07%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.67% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)40.33%	−19.35 pts	Left bloc	85.25%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.85% Lula (PT)44.35% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.15% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.41% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−5.81 pts	Left bloc	86.23%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.53% José Serra (PSDB)35.47%	−29.07 pts	Left bloc	86.50%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.40% José Serra (PSDB)26.38% Ciro (PPS)10.78% Garotinho (PSB)7.89% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.48% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−47.24 pts	Left bloc	88.16%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)57.14% Lula (PT)23.82% Ciro Gomes (PPS)14.15% Enéas (PRONA)2.43% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.45% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.40% Sirkis (PV)0.38% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.34% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.29% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.14%	+20.95 pts	Right bloc	88.69%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)69.54% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)17.25% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.96% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.48% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.31% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.79% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.46% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.21%	+63.92 pts	Right bloc	90.70%

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
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right 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.