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Carmo da Cachoeira: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Carmo da Cachoeira with 58.31% of valid votes against 41.69% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 16.61 points, 13.04 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −12.64pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 9,450; 319th 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 2 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.

Carmo da Cachoeira−16.61 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)58.31% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)41.69%	−16.61 pts	Left bloc	75.09%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.99% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)41.99% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.19% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.82% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.05% Zema (NOVO)0.88% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−8.41 pts	Left bloc	73.98%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.92% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.08%	−17.85 pts	Left bloc	76.99%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.43% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.22% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.87% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.15% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.36% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.75% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.09% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−15.51 pts	Left bloc	75.76%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)50.27% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)49.73%	−0.54 pts	Left bloc	74.18%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)38.16% Fernando Haddad (PT)35.30% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.53% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.33% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.64% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.83% Marina Silva (REDE)0.82% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.74% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.30% Vera (PSTU)0.14% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+10.17 pts	Right bloc	75.96%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.90% Aécio Neves (PSDB)46.10%	−7.80 pts	Left bloc	78.06%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.03% Dilma (PT)43.20% Marina Silva (PSB)7.34% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.21% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.48% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−4.70 pts	Left bloc	79.60%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)57.20% José Serra (PSDB)42.80%	−14.40 pts	Left bloc	77.38%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)50.07% José Serra (PSDB)36.39% Marina Silva (PV)12.83% Plínio (PSOL)0.47% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.01%	−26.76 pts	Left bloc	79.92%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.51% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.49%	−39.03 pts	Left bloc	79.75%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.04% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)39.15% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.92% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.66% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.20% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−21.23 pts	Left bloc	81.27%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)61.32% José Serra (PSDB)38.68%	−22.64 pts	Left bloc	74.55%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.74% José Serra (PSDB)27.81% Ciro (PPS)11.41% Garotinho (PSB)6.93% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−44.39 pts	Left bloc	77.25%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)66.23% Lula (PT)15.23% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.97% Enéas (PRONA)2.86% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.12% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.98% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.87% Sirkis (PV)0.80% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.57% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.50% Eymael (PSDC)0.43% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.43%	+42.80 pts	Right bloc	77.52%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)78.95% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.00% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.78% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.30% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.19% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.73% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.66% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.39%	+78.67 pts	Right bloc	80.50%

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(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(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.