MG · Barbacena immediate region

Barroso: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Barroso with 59.35% of valid votes against 40.65% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 18.70 points, 15.13 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −15.27pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 17,477; 166th 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.

Barroso−18.70 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)59.35% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.65%	−18.70 pts	Left bloc	81.64%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.00% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.38% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.16% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.94% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.71% Zema (NOVO)0.66% Samara (UP)0.07% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−10.49 pts	Left bloc	78.91%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.58% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)40.42%	−19.16 pts	Left bloc	81.18%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.54% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.51% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.02% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.69% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.73% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.35% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−20.59 pts	Left bloc	80.73%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)50.20% Fernando Haddad (PT)49.80%	+0.41 pts	Right bloc	77.93%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.63% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.89% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.49% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.41% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)4.85% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.21% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.91% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.57% Marina Silva (REDE)0.56% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.31% Vera (PSTU)0.10% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+5.24 pts	Right bloc	79.30%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)61.84% Aécio Neves (PSDB)38.16%	−23.68 pts	Left bloc	81.44%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.98% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.27% Marina Silva (PSB)11.80% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.35% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.67% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.48% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.26% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	−33.84 pts	Left bloc	82.55%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.96% José Serra (PSDB)35.04%	−29.92 pts	Left bloc	82.20%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.72% José Serra (PSDB)29.17% Marina Silva (PV)13.38% Plínio (PSOL)0.52% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−41.49 pts	Left bloc	83.54%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.47% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.53%	−52.95 pts	Left bloc	83.54%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.70% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.39% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.45% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.18% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.21% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.01%	−38.66 pts	Left bloc	85.22%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.60% José Serra (PSDB)36.40%	−27.21 pts	Left bloc	85.12%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.31% José Serra (PSDB)33.30% Garotinho (PSB)8.73% Ciro (PPS)6.16% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.45% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−33.40 pts	Left bloc	86.66%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)50.30% Lula (PT)30.84% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.71% Enéas (PRONA)2.42% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.49% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.47% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.46% Sirkis (PV)0.33% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.32% Eymael (PSDC)0.32% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.22% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.13%	+7.42 pts	Right bloc	84.56%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)61.71% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)20.49% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)8.75% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.57% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.07% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.71% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.42% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.30%	+57.61 pts	Right bloc	87.52%

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
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.