MG · Conselheiro Lafaiete immediate region

Belo Vale: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Belo Vale with 56.75% of valid votes against 43.25% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 13.49 points, 9.92 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −12.32pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,590; 349th 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.

Belo Vale−13.49 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)56.75% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)43.25%	−13.49 pts	Left bloc	83.15%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.65% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.26% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.63% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.39% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.39% Zema (NOVO)0.54% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00%	−6.77 pts	Left bloc	79.51%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.97%	−20.05 pts	Left bloc	82.94%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.10% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.71% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.25% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.03% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.65% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.20% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−20.33 pts	Left bloc	81.63%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)50.46% Fernando Haddad (PT)49.54%	+0.91 pts	Right bloc	80.75%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)42.68% Fernando Haddad (PT)37.20% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.59% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.21% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.28% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.93% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.87% Marina Silva (REDE)0.62% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.29% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.26% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+4.54 pts	Right bloc	81.26%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.70% Aécio Neves (PSDB)43.30%	−13.39 pts	Left bloc	78.27%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.94% Aécio Neves (PSDB)42.48% Marina Silva (PSB)8.24% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.52% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.44% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.16% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−14.03 pts	Left bloc	80.74%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.40% José Serra (PSDB)40.60%	−18.80 pts	Left bloc	79.41%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)51.70% José Serra (PSDB)32.46% Marina Silva (PV)14.81% Plínio (PSOL)0.71% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−34.82 pts	Left bloc	81.28%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.28% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.72%	−38.56 pts	Left bloc	82.22%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.71% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)40.44% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.39% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.34% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12%	−18.88 pts	Left bloc	85.10%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.01% José Serra (PSDB)36.99%	−26.02 pts	Left bloc	85.76%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.51% José Serra (PSDB)35.22% Garotinho (PSB)6.22% Ciro (PPS)5.50% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.53% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−29.56 pts	Left bloc	88.90%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)52.37% Lula (PT)31.55% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.83% Enéas (PRONA)2.28% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.59% Sirkis (PV)0.56% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.44% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.41% Eymael (PSDC)0.39% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.23% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.10%	+11.22 pts	Right bloc	84.42%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)68.42% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)20.40% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.97% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.89% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.75% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.56% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.53% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.50%	+57.70 pts	Right bloc	88.20%

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.