MG · São João del Rei immediate region

Coronel Xavier Chaves: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Coronel Xavier Chaves with 59.70% of valid votes against 40.30% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 19.39 points, 15.82 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −15.88pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,180; 786th 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 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.

Coronel Xavier Chaves−19.39 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)59.70% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.30%	−19.39 pts	Left bloc	82.67%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.91% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.11% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.69% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.27% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.68% Zema (NOVO)1.22% Samara (UP)0.13% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−11.46 pts	Left bloc	80.97%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.54% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.46%	−25.09 pts	Left bloc	83.82%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.61% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.52% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.94% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.52% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.66% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.44% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−28.51 pts	Left bloc	82.49%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)54.21% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)45.79%	−8.42 pts	Left bloc	81.84%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.93% Fernando Haddad (PT)28.54% Ciro Gomes (PDT)19.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.73% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.59% Marina Silva (REDE)1.25% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.05% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.95% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.60% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.50% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−0.50 pts	Left bloc	81.28%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.20% Dilma (PT)45.80%	+8.39 pts	Right bloc	83.14%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.36% Dilma (PT)39.64% Marina Silva (PSB)10.75% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.17% +5 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.37% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.33% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−4.16 pts	Left bloc	83.65%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.99% José Serra (PSDB)45.01%	−9.98 pts	Left bloc	83.96%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.03% José Serra (PSDB)32.25% Marina Silva (PV)20.59% Plínio (PSOL)0.90% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.19% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−35.51 pts	Left bloc	84.71%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.01% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.99%	−26.03 pts	Left bloc	83.40%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)44.01% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.21% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.79% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−11.47 pts	Left bloc	85.17%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.18% José Serra (PSDB)37.82%	−24.37 pts	Left bloc	85.19%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.66% José Serra (PSDB)39.30% Ciro (PPS)4.84% Garotinho (PSB)4.84% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.25% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.10%	−21.40 pts	Left bloc	87.89%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)49.97% Lula (PT)30.47% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.22% Enéas (PRONA)3.43% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.86% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.86% Eymael (PSDC)0.80% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.74% Sirkis (PV)0.55% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.43% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.37% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.31%	+11.59 pts	Right bloc	84.25%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)58.89% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)26.62% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.76% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.16% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)2.74% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.74% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.68% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.40%	+45.38 pts	Right bloc	87.52%

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