MG · Belo Horizonte immediate region

Esmeraldas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Esmeraldas with 54.36% of valid votes against 45.64% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 8.72 points, 5.15 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −4.86pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 56,996; 50th 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.

Esmeraldas−8.72 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)54.36% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.64%	−8.72 pts	Left bloc	77.72%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.35% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.23% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.82% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.30% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.02% Zema (NOVO)1.01% Samara (UP)0.15% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−0.77 pts	Left bloc	76.08%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.02% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)46.98%	−6.03 pts	Left bloc	78.61%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)40.12% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.31% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.44% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.57% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.55% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−8.79 pts	Left bloc	77.85%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)55.01% Fernando Haddad (PT)44.99%	+10.02 pts	Right bloc	77.73%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.50% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.40% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.14% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.15% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.17% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.17% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.84% Marina Silva (REDE)1.48% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.54% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.45% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04%	+10.69 pts	Right bloc	78.88%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.07% Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.93%	−18.14 pts	Left bloc	78.65%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.93% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.68% Marina Silva (PSB)13.44% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.71% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.67% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.23% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−28.90 pts	Left bloc	81.47%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.66% José Serra (PSDB)30.34%	−39.31 pts	Left bloc	79.57%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.35% José Serra (PSDB)23.31% Marina Silva (PV)19.55% Plínio (PSOL)0.44% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−52.93 pts	Left bloc	82.71%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.99% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.01%	−49.99 pts	Left bloc	79.45%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.12% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.22% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.34% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.99% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.18% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−32.89 pts	Left bloc	81.70%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.18% José Serra (PSDB)28.82%	−42.36 pts	Left bloc	81.42%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.43% José Serra (PSDB)23.89% Garotinho (PSB)14.40% Ciro (PPS)7.84% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.37% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−52.23 pts	Left bloc	84.51%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)61.85% Lula (PT)21.04% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.42% Enéas (PRONA)2.69% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.55% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.48% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.38% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.37% Sirkis (PV)0.36% Eymael (PSDC)0.34% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19%	+31.54 pts	Right bloc	83.38%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)75.92% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.08% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.56% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.06% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.99% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.63% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.49% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.26%	+70.58 pts	Right bloc	86.03%

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

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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.