MG · Águas Formosas immediate region

Machacalis: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Machacalis with 61.25% of valid votes against 38.75% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 22.49 points, 18.92 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −25.29pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,799; 522th 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.

Machacalis−22.49 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)61.25% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.75%	−22.49 pts	Left bloc	79.96%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.36% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.95% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.54% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.77% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.96% Zema (NOVO)0.30% Samara (UP)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00%	−17.99 pts	Left bloc	77.12%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.68% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.32%	−29.37 pts	Left bloc	75.65%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.86% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.80% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.04% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.23% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.66% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.21% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Léo Péricles (UP)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−28.38 pts	Left bloc	73.89%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)63.85% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)36.15%	−27.70 pts	Left bloc	68.77%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)60.16% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.45% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.77% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.61% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.99% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.60% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.44% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.34% Marina Silva (REDE)0.21% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.21% Eymael (DC)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−28.78 pts	Left bloc	71.17%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)60.93% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.07%	−21.86 pts	Left bloc	72.94%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)60.29% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.44% Marina Silva (PSB)4.92% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.11% +3 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.11% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.11% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03%	−30.90 pts	Left bloc	73.47%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)75.97% José Serra (PSDB)24.03%	−51.95 pts	Left bloc	76.65%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.91% José Serra (PSDB)19.57% Marina Silva (PV)9.29% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% +4 more Plínio (PSOL)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−60.75 pts	Left bloc	79.14%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.04% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.96%	−50.08 pts	Left bloc	68.85%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.06% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.77% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.42% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.53% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.16% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−40.02 pts	Left bloc	69.99%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.42% José Serra (PSDB)31.58%	−36.85 pts	Left bloc	63.13%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.34% José Serra (PSDB)26.22% Garotinho (PSB)11.09% Ciro (PPS)3.84% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.44% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−47.56 pts	Left bloc	67.05%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)57.59% Lula (PT)28.12% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.20% Enéas (PRONA)0.98% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.83% Eymael (PSDC)0.79% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.75% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.71% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.64% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.64% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.45% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.30%	+21.50 pts	Right bloc	69.00%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)58.06% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)31.05% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)5.20% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.95% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.38% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.02% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.71% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.62%	+36.47 pts	Right bloc	68.90%

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.