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Cachoeira de Pajeú: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Cachoeira de Pajeú with 66.94% of valid votes against 33.06% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 33.88 points, 30.31 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −35.00pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,975; 425th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; 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; 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.

Cachoeira de Pajeú−33.88 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)66.94% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)33.06%	−33.88 pts	Left bloc	74.09%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.57% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.02% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.96% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.53% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.66% Zema (NOVO)0.19% Samara (UP)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−31.15 pts	Left bloc	71.03%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.01% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.99%	−38.03 pts	Left bloc	71.83%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.34% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)27.22% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.05% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.57% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.59% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.17% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−39.81 pts	Left bloc	70.48%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)65.79% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.21%	−31.58 pts	Left bloc	68.08%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.01% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.19% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.70% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.49% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.85% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.37% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.32% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.21% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−32.48 pts	Left bloc	68.81%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.83% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.17%	−39.67 pts	Left bloc	72.02%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.54% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.12% Marina Silva (PSB)3.81% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.22% +5 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.11% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.02%	−47.41 pts	Left bloc	72.45%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.16% José Serra (PSDB)33.84%	−32.31 pts	Left bloc	74.51%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.71% José Serra (PSDB)34.04% Marina Silva (PV)5.95% Plínio (PSOL)0.12% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−31.71 pts	Left bloc	75.05%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.17%	−45.66 pts	Left bloc	70.23%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.60% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.32% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.63% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.11% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.28% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07%	−24.67 pts	Left bloc	75.10%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)53.65% Lula (PT)46.35%	+7.30 pts	Right bloc	65.39%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.06% José Serra (PSDB)42.87% Garotinho (PSB)5.96% Ciro (PPS)5.93% +2 more Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06%	−14.26 pts	Left bloc	75.42%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)72.24% Lula (PT)14.83% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.81% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.17% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.06% Enéas (PRONA)1.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.98% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.47% Eymael (PSDC)0.47% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.44% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.26%	+49.44 pts	Right bloc	70.63%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.03% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)18.97% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.75% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.57% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.89% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.81% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.57% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.40%	+60.44 pts	Right bloc	74.40%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
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.