MG · Três Pontas - Boa Esperança immediate region

Boa Esperança: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Boa Esperança with 53.74% of valid votes against 46.26% for Lula: a margin of 7.48 points, 11.05 points right of Brazil.

Likely rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +11.70pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 32,510; 85th 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 1 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.

Boa Esperança+7.48 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)53.74% Lula (PT)46.26%	+7.48 pts	Right bloc	77.91%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)53.72% Lula (PT)39.03% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.34% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.80% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.64% Zema (NOVO)0.33% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+15.02 pts	Right bloc	74.67%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)53.90% Lula (PT)46.10%	+7.79 pts	Right bloc	77.06%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.58% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)45.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.09% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.16% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.86% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.38% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	+2.37 pts	Right bloc	75.56%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)63.18% Fernando Haddad (PT)36.82%	+26.37 pts	Right bloc	74.11%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)52.60% Fernando Haddad (PT)24.52% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.97% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.68% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)5.11% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.83% Marina Silva (REDE)0.74% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.66% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.37% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.36% Vera (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (DC)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+30.62 pts	Right bloc	74.83%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.25% Dilma (PT)45.75%	+8.51 pts	Right bloc	77.64%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.27% Dilma (PT)41.41% Marina Silva (PSB)5.81% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.76% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.28% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	+3.34 pts	Right bloc	78.79%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.03% José Serra (PSDB)48.97%	−2.06 pts	Left bloc	77.27%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.01% José Serra (PSDB)42.66% Marina Silva (PV)10.58% Plínio (PSOL)0.52% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−14.44 pts	Left bloc	79.05%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.11% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.89%	−24.22 pts	Left bloc	78.71%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.53% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.04% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.92% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.41% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.05% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−7.72 pts	Left bloc	80.88%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.96% José Serra (PSDB)41.04%	−17.92 pts	Left bloc	79.20%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.44% José Serra (PSDB)28.75% Ciro (PPS)13.93% Garotinho (PSB)8.20% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.64% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−42.49 pts	Left bloc	81.69%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)71.15% Lula (PT)14.34% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.33% Enéas (PRONA)2.60% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.72% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.62% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.52% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.50% Sirkis (PV)0.36% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.21%	+50.47 pts	Right bloc	81.03%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)76.86% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)11.20% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.25% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.89% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.20% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.64% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.57% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	+76.45 pts	Right bloc	84.15%

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
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(between rounds)·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.