MG · Conselheiro Lafaiete immediate region

Conselheiro Lafaiete: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Conselheiro Lafaiete with 56.44% of valid votes against 43.56% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 12.89 points, 9.32 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −10.11pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 94,227; 22th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: Yes; Voted for the national winner in every runoff from 2002 to 2026.

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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.

Conselheiro Lafaiete−12.89 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)56.44% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)43.56%	−12.89 pts	Left bloc	85.27%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.31% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)41.95% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)5.28% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.92% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.43% Zema (NOVO)0.86% Samara (UP)0.10% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02%	−3.55 pts	Left bloc	83.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.97%	−14.07 pts	Left bloc	84.20%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.46% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.94% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.67% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.85% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.38% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−14.54 pts	Left bloc	83.51%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)53.71% Fernando Haddad (PT)46.29%	+7.42 pts	Right bloc	82.66%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)44.05% Fernando Haddad (PT)26.29% Ciro Gomes (PDT)16.20% João Amoêdo (NOVO)6.07% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.46% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.03% Marina Silva (REDE)0.82% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.81% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.65% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.50% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+11.88 pts	Right bloc	83.53%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)62.34% Aécio Neves (PSDB)37.66%	−24.68 pts	Left bloc	85.24%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.86% Aécio Neves (PSDB)31.78% Marina Silva (PSB)14.26% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.88% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.93% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.70% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.34% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−33.75 pts	Left bloc	86.23%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.61% José Serra (PSDB)33.39%	−33.22 pts	Left bloc	85.66%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)51.21% José Serra (PSDB)25.07% Marina Silva (PV)22.25% Plínio (PSOL)0.95% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Eymael (PSDC)0.14% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−49.19 pts	Left bloc	87.69%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.91% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.09%	−49.82 pts	Left bloc	86.92%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.72% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.16% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.03% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.81% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.16% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−35.13 pts	Left bloc	88.18%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.19% José Serra (PSDB)19.81%	−60.39 pts	Left bloc	87.68%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.99% José Serra (PSDB)14.65% Garotinho (PSB)8.17% Ciro (PPS)7.35% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.75% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.09%	−70.70 pts	Left bloc	89.39%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)44.52% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)37.13% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.94% Enéas (PRONA)2.29% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.14% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26% Sirkis (PV)0.24% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.10% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−20.23 pts	Left bloc	87.55%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)53.21% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)31.39% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)9.14% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.84% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.35% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.09% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.55% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+35.04 pts	Right bloc	90.38%

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
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(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.