MG · Curvelo immediate region

Buenópolis: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Buenópolis with 61.33% of valid votes against 38.67% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 22.66 points, 19.09 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −20.73pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,541; 354th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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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.

Buenópolis−22.66 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)61.33% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.67%	−22.66 pts	Left bloc	64.75%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.44% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.41% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.45% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.92% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.14% Zema (NOVO)0.54% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−15.98 pts	Left bloc	63.87%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.45% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.55%	−24.91 pts	Left bloc	63.77%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.80% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.43% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.99% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.77% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−27.56 pts	Left bloc	63.18%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)57.01% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)42.99%	−14.02 pts	Left bloc	59.57%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)43.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)35.25% Ciro Gomes (PDT)12.25% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.55% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.32% Marina Silva (REDE)1.08% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.97% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.28% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.19% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−13.13 pts	Left bloc	61.21%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.16% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.84%	−16.33 pts	Left bloc	60.63%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)57.05% Aécio Neves (PSDB)35.44% Marina Silva (PSB)6.66% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.34% +5 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.23% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.19% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−28.57 pts	Left bloc	62.84%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.18% José Serra (PSDB)34.82%	−30.36 pts	Left bloc	60.00%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)62.40% José Serra (PSDB)28.94% Marina Silva (PV)8.17% Plínio (PSOL)0.21% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−41.70 pts	Left bloc	63.54%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)67.43% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.57%	−34.85 pts	Left bloc	63.75%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.24% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)40.86% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.46% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.27% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.04%	−17.94 pts	Left bloc	65.46%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.12% Lula (PT)45.88%	+8.24 pts	Right bloc	65.99%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)42.76% Lula (PT)40.55% Ciro (PPS)8.94% Garotinho (PSB)7.20% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−14.48 pts	Left bloc	69.24%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)73.88% Lula (PT)12.07% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.77% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.78% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.75% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.89% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.80% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.60% Sirkis (PV)0.49% Eymael (PSDC)0.46% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.20%	+54.42 pts	Right bloc	65.05%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)82.57% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)8.65% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.86% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.44% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.26% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.02% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.83% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.37%	+80.67 pts	Right bloc	72.96%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2006(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.