MG · Montes Claros immediate region

Lagoa dos Patos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Lagoa dos Patos with 59.97% of valid votes against 40.03% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 19.94 points, 16.37 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −24.34pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,774; 723th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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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.

Lagoa dos Patos−19.94 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)59.97% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.03%	−19.94 pts	Left bloc	72.63%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.29% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.52% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.15% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.73% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.00% Zema (NOVO)0.23% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−15.03 pts	Left bloc	72.60%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.47% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.53%	−26.93 pts	Left bloc	70.82%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.64% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.58% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.45% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.76% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.20% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−25.63 pts	Left bloc	70.18%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)40.44%	−19.12 pts	Left bloc	66.46%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.12% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.69% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.85% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.99% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.45% Marina Silva (REDE)0.45% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.28% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.20% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−18.31 pts	Left bloc	69.48%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.53% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.47%	−47.07 pts	Left bloc	67.80%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.54% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.82% Marina Silva (PSB)8.01% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.23% +5 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.19% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.04%	−47.81 pts	Left bloc	70.85%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.78% José Serra (PSDB)25.22%	−49.57 pts	Left bloc	65.64%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.82% José Serra (PSDB)22.06% Marina Silva (PV)7.77% Plínio (PSOL)0.24% +3 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−55.73 pts	Left bloc	73.21%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.17%	−39.67 pts	Left bloc	68.66%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.71% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)40.67% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.41% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.13% +1 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08%	−18.50 pts	Left bloc	73.65%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.49% José Serra (PSDB)43.51%	−12.99 pts	Left bloc	64.92%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)41.04% Ciro (PPS)25.17% José Serra (PSDB)23.74% Garotinho (PSB)9.91% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14%	−52.53 pts	Left bloc	74.24%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)83.44% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.61% Lula (PT)5.50% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.52% +7 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.24% Sirkis (PV)0.84% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.51% Enéas (PRONA)0.51% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.45% Eymael (PSDC)0.28% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.11%	+69.68 pts	Right bloc	71.10%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)87.30% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)5.11% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.20% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.13% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.35% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.71% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.71% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.50%	+87.08 pts	Right bloc	68.79%

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

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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.