MG · Poços de Caldas immediate region

Botelhos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Botelhos with 53.59% of valid votes against 46.41% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 7.17 points, 3.60 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −7.06pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,775; 234th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; 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?: 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.

Botelhos−7.17 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)53.59% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.41%	−7.17 pts	Left bloc	77.27%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.42% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.85% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.30% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.83% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.71% Zema (NOVO)0.69% Clariana Barao (DC)0.07% Samara (UP)0.07% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00%	−1.65 pts	Left bloc	75.25%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)45.44%	−9.11 pts	Left bloc	76.88%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.02% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.89% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.65% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.08% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.99% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.26% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−10.26 pts	Left bloc	75.65%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)50.95% Fernando Haddad (PT)49.05%	+1.90 pts	Right bloc	75.91%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)38.20% Fernando Haddad (PT)35.20% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.93% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)7.00% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)6.99% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.95% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.51% Marina Silva (REDE)0.49% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.38% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.36% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+7.76 pts	Right bloc	75.92%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)60.40% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.60%	−20.81 pts	Left bloc	78.76%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.37% Aécio Neves (PSDB)36.84% Marina Silva (PSB)7.80% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.99% +5 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.42% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.40% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−25.26 pts	Left bloc	78.58%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.83% José Serra (PSDB)45.17%	−9.67 pts	Left bloc	78.68%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.92% José Serra (PSDB)40.21% Marina Silva (PV)11.06% Plínio (PSOL)0.54% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−19.27 pts	Left bloc	79.88%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.36% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)39.64%	−20.72 pts	Left bloc	78.61%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)48.73% Lula (PT)47.52% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.24% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.35% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−2.21 pts	Left bloc	79.51%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.40% José Serra (PSDB)40.60%	−18.79 pts	Left bloc	80.06%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.01% José Serra (PSDB)32.17% Garotinho (PSB)9.30% Ciro (PPS)7.06% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.41% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−35.67 pts	Left bloc	81.28%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)70.22% Lula (PT)19.12% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.16% Enéas (PRONA)2.03% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.60% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.58% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.57% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.44% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.36% Sirkis (PV)0.33% Eymael (PSDC)0.31% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.28%	+47.29 pts	Right bloc	81.77%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.15% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)24.23% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.90% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.26% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.09% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.68% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.38% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.31%	+50.78 pts	Right bloc	85.47%

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
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.