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Dom Cavati: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Dom Cavati with 53.78% of valid votes against 46.22% for Lula: a margin of 7.57 points, 11.14 points right of Brazil.

Likely rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +11.26pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,341; 666th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 2; 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; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Dom Cavati+7.57 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)53.78% Lula (PT)46.22%	+7.57 pts	Right bloc	82.86%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)52.25% Lula (PT)41.65% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.48% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.26% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.81% Zema (NOVO)0.54% 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% Samara (UP)0.00%	+12.16 pts	Right bloc	80.26%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)53.51% Lula (PT)46.49%	+7.02 pts	Right bloc	82.08%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)49.02% Lula (PT)46.44% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.89% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.86% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.63% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+3.34 pts	Right bloc	81.00%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)63.89% Fernando Haddad (PT)36.11%	+27.78 pts	Right bloc	71.96%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)54.31% Fernando Haddad (PT)28.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.95% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.61% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.86% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.43% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.37% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.28% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.06% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+28.54 pts	Right bloc	72.76%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.63% Dilma (PT)48.37%	+3.26 pts	Right bloc	79.30%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)44.99% Dilma (PT)44.60% Marina Silva (PSB)9.17% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.53% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.22% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.22% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.17% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03%	−8.49 pts	Left bloc	78.30%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)52.78% José Serra (PSDB)47.22%	−5.57 pts	Left bloc	81.57%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.37% José Serra (PSDB)45.34% Marina Silva (PV)4.89% Plínio (PSOL)0.20% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	−9.10 pts	Left bloc	82.34%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.16% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)43.84%	−12.33 pts	Left bloc	85.02%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.38% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.81% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.49% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.17% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−6.07 pts	Left bloc	85.88%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.55% Lula (PT)48.45%	+3.11 pts	Right bloc	76.41%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)41.60% José Serra (PSDB)30.16% Garotinho (PSB)24.28% Ciro (PPS)3.59% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.30% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−39.67 pts	Left bloc	78.59%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)66.69% Lula (PT)20.34% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.89% Enéas (PRONA)1.77% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.74% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.70% Sirkis (PV)0.59% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.44% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.37% Eymael (PSDC)0.26% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.07%	+38.61 pts	Right bloc	80.73%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)75.05% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.75% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.45% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.91% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.58% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.53% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.41% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.32%	+65.68 pts	Right bloc	86.19%

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
2014(Round 2)·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.