MG · Sete Lagoas immediate region

Cachoeira da Prata: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Cachoeira da Prata with 50.63% of valid votes against 49.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 1.25 points, 2.32 points right of Brazil.

Lean rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +4.48pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,472; 755th 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 2 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2018.

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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.

Cachoeira da Prata−1.25 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)50.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)49.37%	−1.25 pts	Left bloc	83.38%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.80% Lula (PT)42.63% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.95% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.40% +8 more Zema (NOVO)1.55% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.44% Samara (UP)0.15% Clariana Barao (DC)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+4.54 pts	Right bloc	81.95%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)51.89% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)48.11%	−3.79 pts	Left bloc	81.69%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.16% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)40.28% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.30% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.80% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.73% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.54% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−6.07 pts	Left bloc	81.26%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)59.90% Fernando Haddad (PT)40.10%	+19.80 pts	Right bloc	78.40%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.84% Fernando Haddad (PT)20.70% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.35% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.58% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.90% Marina Silva (REDE)1.64% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.17% Alvaro Dias (PODE)1.05% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.39% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.27% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04%	+19.92 pts	Right bloc	78.62%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)59.55% Dilma (PT)40.45%	+19.09 pts	Right bloc	83.22%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.38% Dilma (PT)32.29% Marina Silva (PSB)14.15% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.92% +4 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.65% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.50% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	+3.98 pts	Right bloc	83.70%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)55.25% José Serra (PSDB)44.75%	−10.51 pts	Left bloc	85.66%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)38.09% Marina Silva (PV)35.46% José Serra (PSDB)25.88% Plínio (PSOL)0.38% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−48.10 pts	Left bloc	88.02%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.18% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.82%	−26.35 pts	Left bloc	85.22%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)45.95% Lula (PT)40.53% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)9.51% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.73% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.24% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−7.55 pts	Left bloc	86.98%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)79.92% José Serra (PSDB)20.08%	−59.84 pts	Left bloc	82.09%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.79% José Serra (PSDB)13.86% Ciro (PPS)12.07% Garotinho (PSB)7.41% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.72% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.16%	−72.28 pts	Left bloc	84.55%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)42.10% Lula (PT)33.33% Ciro Gomes (PPS)17.48% Enéas (PRONA)3.80% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.83% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.65% Sirkis (PV)0.42% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.37% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32% Eymael (PSDC)0.32% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19%	−6.07 pts	Left bloc	85.50%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)66.13% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)19.39% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)9.96% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.82% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.49% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.49% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.44% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+60.25 pts	Right bloc	89.00%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(between rounds)·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.