MG · Cataguases immediate region

Leopoldina: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Leopoldina with 60.16% of valid votes against 39.84% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 20.32 points, 16.75 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −18.92pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 40,175; 68th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; 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; 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.

Leopoldina−20.32 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)60.16% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.84%	−20.32 pts	Left bloc	78.33%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.62% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.69% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.12% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.21% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.71% Zema (NOVO)0.46% Samara (UP)0.08% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−11.77 pts	Left bloc	75.81%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)40.10%	−19.80 pts	Left bloc	77.48%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.47% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.93% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.72% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.59% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.30% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−21.30 pts	Left bloc	77.48%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.22%	−5.56 pts	Left bloc	75.26%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.91% Fernando Haddad (PT)34.31% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.62% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.07% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.86% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.76% Marina Silva (REDE)0.86% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.70% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.44% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.39% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	−2.47 pts	Left bloc	76.82%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.95% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.05%	−39.91 pts	Left bloc	77.96%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)57.65% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.15% Marina Silva (PSB)16.22% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.51% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.56% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.53% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−52.09 pts	Left bloc	79.37%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.16% José Serra (PSDB)32.84%	−34.31 pts	Left bloc	79.15%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.63% José Serra (PSDB)25.97% Marina Silva (PV)17.48% Plínio (PSOL)0.75% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−47.90 pts	Left bloc	81.66%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.79% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.21%	−39.58 pts	Left bloc	79.82%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.22% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)34.19% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.75% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.64% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−31.24 pts	Left bloc	81.79%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)79.19% José Serra (PSDB)20.81%	−58.37 pts	Left bloc	81.27%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.98% Garotinho (PSB)16.64% José Serra (PSDB)11.51% Ciro (PPS)11.44% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−76.98 pts	Left bloc	83.85%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)37.73% Lula (PT)36.09% Ciro Gomes (PPS)20.37% Enéas (PRONA)1.81% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.66% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.47% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.39% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.37% Sirkis (PV)0.36% Eymael (PSDC)0.31% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.21% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.21%	−18.70 pts	Left bloc	79.41%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)61.22% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)25.22% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.18% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.55% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.54% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.45% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.47% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	+44.48 pts	Right bloc	83.54%

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(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.