MG · Ipatinga immediate region

Ipatinga: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Ipatinga with 62.75% of valid votes against 37.25% for Lula: a margin of 25.50 points, 29.07 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +29.77pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 176,596; 10th 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.

Ipatinga+25.50 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)62.75% Lula (PT)37.25%	+25.50 pts	Right bloc	77.77%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)61.11% Lula (PT)31.47% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.15% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.19% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.06% Zema (NOVO)0.83% Samara (UP)0.08% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	+30.47 pts	Right bloc	75.63%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)65.12% Lula (PT)34.88%	+30.24 pts	Right bloc	78.35%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.40% Lula (PT)33.88% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.19% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.34% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.71% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.33% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+27.37 pts	Right bloc	76.94%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)74.11% Fernando Haddad (PT)25.89%	+48.23 pts	Right bloc	75.20%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)66.32% Fernando Haddad (PT)15.52% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.06% João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.96% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.46% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.20% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.77% Marina Silva (REDE)0.73% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.48% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.40% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+48.27 pts	Right bloc	76.38%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)53.06% Dilma (PT)46.94%	+6.12 pts	Right bloc	78.84%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)35.06% Marina Silva (PSB)31.18% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.21% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.05% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.91% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.62% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.51% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−36.41 pts	Left bloc	80.12%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.45% José Serra (PSDB)48.55%	−2.90 pts	Left bloc	79.11%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)39.73% José Serra (PSDB)30.33% Marina Silva (PV)28.86% Plínio (PSOL)0.77% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−38.94 pts	Left bloc	82.10%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.71% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.29%	−39.42 pts	Left bloc	80.95%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.98% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.40% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.19% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−31.70 pts	Left bloc	82.39%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.61% José Serra (PSDB)28.39%	−43.21 pts	Left bloc	83.01%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.89% Garotinho (PSB)31.42% José Serra (PSDB)9.64% Ciro (PPS)5.61% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.37% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−80.71 pts	Left bloc	85.19%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)45.30% Lula (PT)42.90% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.20% Enéas (PRONA)2.67% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.21% Sirkis (PV)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.11% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.09% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.07%	−3.15 pts	Left bloc	84.21%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)47.17% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)40.87% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.86% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.81% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.87% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.67% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.48% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.27%	+16.92 pts	Right bloc	88.58%

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
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(between rounds)·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.