MG · Teófilo Otoni immediate region

Malacacheta: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Malacacheta with 62.61% of valid votes against 37.39% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 25.22 points, 21.65 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −28.06pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 15,507; 199th 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.

Malacacheta−25.22 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)62.61% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.39%	−25.22 pts	Left bloc	71.43%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.45% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.64% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.62% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.00% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.94% Zema (NOVO)0.26% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01%	−20.24 pts	Left bloc	68.59%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.03% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.97%	−32.06 pts	Left bloc	67.66%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.17% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.67% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.57% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.89% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.14% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−32.18 pts	Left bloc	66.18%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)62.88% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)37.12%	−25.75 pts	Left bloc	61.79%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)54.34% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.97% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.64% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.88% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.44% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.34% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.41% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.34% Marina Silva (REDE)0.30% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.23% Eymael (DC)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−23.17 pts	Left bloc	63.32%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.26% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.74%	−34.52 pts	Left bloc	63.93%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.79% Aécio Neves (PSDB)29.54% Marina Silva (PSB)5.09% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.89% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.24% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.23% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−40.15 pts	Left bloc	63.98%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)70.88% José Serra (PSDB)29.12%	−41.75 pts	Left bloc	61.36%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.41% José Serra (PSDB)26.23% Marina Silva (PV)9.75% Plínio (PSOL)0.29% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.13% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−47.14 pts	Left bloc	62.86%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.91% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.09%	−49.82 pts	Left bloc	66.41%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.23% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)35.05% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.60% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.62% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.28% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.14% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.09%	−28.90 pts	Left bloc	68.70%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)62.73% Lula (PT)37.27%	+25.46 pts	Right bloc	62.86%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)49.84% Lula (PT)35.90% Ciro (PPS)7.14% Garotinho (PSB)6.85% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.26% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−0.32 pts	Left bloc	65.77%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)76.44% Lula (PT)9.93% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.97% Enéas (PRONA)1.32% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.91% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.83% Sirkis (PV)0.79% Eymael (PSDC)0.49% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.46% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.46% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19%	+58.21 pts	Right bloc	60.55%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)74.53% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.46% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.04% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.99% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.84% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.36% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.93% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.86%	+71.42 pts	Right bloc	65.22%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2006(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.