MG · Belo Horizonte immediate region

Florestal: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Florestal with 50.58% of valid votes against 49.42% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 1.16 points, 2.41 points right of Brazil.

Toss-upSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: +0.25pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,984; 424th 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?: 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.

Florestal−1.16 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)50.58% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)49.42%	−1.16 pts	Left bloc	80.74%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.57% Lula (PT)41.07% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.65% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.51% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.36% Zema (NOVO)1.51% Samara (UP)0.14% Clariana Barao (DC)0.10% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00%	+8.17 pts	Right bloc	78.04%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.61% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)47.39%	−5.22 pts	Left bloc	80.78%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.51% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.70% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.66% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.80% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.62% Léo Péricles (UP)0.10% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−4.64 pts	Left bloc	79.72%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)58.64% Fernando Haddad (PT)41.36%	+17.28 pts	Right bloc	77.95%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)48.44% Fernando Haddad (PT)20.58% Ciro Gomes (PDT)16.87% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.32% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)5.19% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.97% Marina Silva (REDE)0.75% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.72% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.52% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.50% Eymael (DC)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+22.01 pts	Right bloc	79.05%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)57.09% Aécio Neves (PSDB)42.91%	−14.18 pts	Left bloc	80.82%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.13% Aécio Neves (PSDB)37.30% Marina Silva (PSB)13.20% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.42% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.77% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.74% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−23.40 pts	Left bloc	82.24%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.06% José Serra (PSDB)32.94%	−34.12 pts	Left bloc	80.86%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)50.67% Marina Silva (PV)25.74% José Serra (PSDB)22.67% Plínio (PSOL)0.74% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−54.37 pts	Left bloc	84.04%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.81% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.19%	−37.61 pts	Left bloc	82.92%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)41.77% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.82% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.03% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−16.13 pts	Left bloc	84.77%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)78.68% José Serra (PSDB)21.32%	−57.35 pts	Left bloc	85.32%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.72% José Serra (PSDB)15.13% Ciro (PPS)10.28% Garotinho (PSB)8.61% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.21% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−69.75 pts	Left bloc	87.24%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.69% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)31.15% Ciro Gomes (PPS)14.80% Enéas (PRONA)2.66% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.59% Sirkis (PV)0.41% Eymael (PSDC)0.37% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.33% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.33% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.22% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.18%	−30.30 pts	Left bloc	87.20%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)59.72% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)25.60% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)10.03% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.83% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.18% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.72% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.64% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.29%	+47.37 pts	Right bloc	86.32%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(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.