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Elói Mendes: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Elói Mendes with 57.82% of valid votes against 42.18% for Lula: a margin of 15.65 points, 19.22 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +25.45pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 19,975; 142th 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.

Elói Mendes+15.65 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)57.82% Lula (PT)42.18%	+15.65 pts	Right bloc	80.33%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)56.35% Lula (PT)34.87% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.43% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.27% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.10% Zema (NOVO)0.74% Samara (UP)0.10% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	+23.01 pts	Right bloc	78.28%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)60.44% Lula (PT)39.56%	+20.89 pts	Right bloc	80.86%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)53.77% Lula (PT)38.27% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.22% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.99% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.15% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.42% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	+19.29 pts	Right bloc	80.12%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)73.81% Fernando Haddad (PT)26.19%	+47.61 pts	Right bloc	80.32%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)61.21% Fernando Haddad (PT)16.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)7.52% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.29% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)4.93% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.93% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.60% Marina Silva (REDE)0.53% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.35% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.31% Vera (PSTU)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+51.03 pts	Right bloc	80.41%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)65.78% Dilma (PT)34.22%	+31.56 pts	Right bloc	84.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)59.10% Dilma (PT)29.03% Marina Silva (PSB)10.23% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.72% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.40% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.32% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	+19.28 pts	Right bloc	83.91%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)60.05% Dilma (PT)39.95%	+20.09 pts	Right bloc	83.68%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)55.81% Dilma (PT)31.88% Marina Silva (PV)11.12% Plínio (PSOL)1.03% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+11.81 pts	Right bloc	85.00%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.82% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)47.18%	−5.65 pts	Left bloc	85.57%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)55.54% Lula (PT)39.10% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.79% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.41% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	+11.40 pts	Right bloc	86.45%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.96% José Serra (PSDB)47.04%	−5.92 pts	Left bloc	86.47%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.08% José Serra (PSDB)37.90% Ciro (PPS)8.44% Garotinho (PSB)7.25% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.26% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−24.21 pts	Left bloc	87.05%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)73.93% Lula (PT)14.48% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.54% Enéas (PRONA)1.78% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.64% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.58% Sirkis (PV)0.44% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.43% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.37% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.30% Eymael (PSDC)0.28% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.23%	+53.89 pts	Right bloc	86.59%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)75.82% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.34% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.64% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.48% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.10% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.64% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.60% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	+74.13 pts	Right bloc	87.84%

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
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(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.