MG · Mantena immediate region

Central de Minas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Central de Minas with 52.49% of valid votes against 47.51% for Lula: a margin of 4.99 points, 8.56 points right of Brazil.

Toss-upSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +1.97pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,638; 537th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 4; 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; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

Central de Minas+4.99 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)52.49% Lula (PT)47.51%	+4.99 pts	Right bloc	80.68%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)51.48% Lula (PT)44.14% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.51% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.25% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.08% Zema (NOVO)0.42% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.09% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	+9.00 pts	Right bloc	78.71%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)50.11% Lula (PT)49.89%	+0.22 pts	Right bloc	72.31%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.34% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)46.84% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.75% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.53% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.04% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.30% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.10% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−0.05 pts	Left bloc	70.29%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)57.42% Fernando Haddad (PT)42.58%	+14.84 pts	Right bloc	71.24%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)50.53% Fernando Haddad (PT)38.52% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.94% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.56% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.06% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.93% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.86% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.20% Marina Silva (REDE)0.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.13% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+14.13 pts	Right bloc	72.79%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.54% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.46%	−33.09 pts	Left bloc	75.46%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)66.86% Aécio Neves (PSDB)18.76% Marina Silva (PSB)12.59% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.19% +5 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.21% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−59.72 pts	Left bloc	76.57%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.34% Dilma (PT)49.66%	+0.67 pts	Right bloc	78.07%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)46.08% Dilma (PT)42.90% Marina Silva (PV)10.51% Plínio (PSOL)0.38% +4 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−7.68 pts	Left bloc	80.67%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.58% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.42%	−33.15 pts	Left bloc	77.90%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.52% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)41.13% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.84% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.36% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15%	−17.44 pts	Left bloc	79.71%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)59.27% Lula (PT)40.73%	+18.55 pts	Right bloc	69.43%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)36.12% José Serra (PSDB)31.94% Lula (PT)29.11% Ciro (PPS)2.56% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28%	−36.12 pts	Left bloc	74.10%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)73.39% Lula (PT)14.76% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.80% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.17% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.92% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.71% Eymael (PSDC)0.68% Sirkis (PV)0.64% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.43% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.21% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.18%	+51.97 pts	Right bloc	76.50%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)80.26% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)13.29% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.21% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.03% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.82% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.68% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.43% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+72.06 pts	Right bloc	74.35%

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
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right 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.