MG · Governador Valadares immediate region

Engenheiro Caldas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Engenheiro Caldas with 50.57% of valid votes against 49.43% for Lula: a margin of 1.14 points, 4.71 points right of Brazil.

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Lean versus Brazil: +2.49pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,790; 385th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 4; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
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.

Engenheiro Caldas+1.14 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)50.57% Lula (PT)49.43%	+1.14 pts	Right bloc	77.98%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)50.66% Lula (PT)45.11% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.90% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.20% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.78% Zema (NOVO)0.18% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00%	+5.83 pts	Right bloc	76.73%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)51.49% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)48.51%	−2.98 pts	Left bloc	70.69%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.74% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)43.52% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.32% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.64% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02%	−6.27 pts	Left bloc	69.29%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)57.09% Fernando Haddad (PT)42.91%	+14.17 pts	Right bloc	71.79%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)48.25% Fernando Haddad (PT)37.46% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.35% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.09% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.99% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.00% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.85% Marina Silva (REDE)0.49% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.24% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.18% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+12.70 pts	Right bloc	72.94%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.77% Aécio Neves (PSDB)49.23%	−1.53 pts	Left bloc	77.46%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.06% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.15% Marina Silva (PSB)11.67% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.54% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.19% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.15% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.09% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−16.22 pts	Left bloc	77.79%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.42% José Serra (PSDB)43.58%	−12.83 pts	Left bloc	77.06%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)50.57% José Serra (PSDB)40.25% Marina Silva (PV)8.85% Plínio (PSOL)0.23% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−19.33 pts	Left bloc	78.35%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.82% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.18%	−37.64 pts	Left bloc	76.48%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.68% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.13% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.76% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.31% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.10% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−25.49 pts	Left bloc	77.33%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.25% José Serra (PSDB)45.75%	−8.49 pts	Left bloc	86.78%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.33% José Serra (PSDB)31.31% Garotinho (PSB)15.34% Ciro (PPS)5.88% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−37.39 pts	Left bloc	89.07%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.88% Lula (PT)21.94% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.91% Enéas (PRONA)1.55% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.83% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% Eymael (PSDC)0.58% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.53% Sirkis (PV)0.47% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.31% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.25% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.17%	+37.48 pts	Right bloc	69.30%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)71.94% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)17.65% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.69% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.16% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.58% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.93% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.73% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.31%	+62.83 pts	Right bloc	74.88%

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
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(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.