MG · Governador Valadares immediate region

Mathias Lobato: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Mathias Lobato with 59.11% of valid votes against 40.89% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 18.22 points, 14.65 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −19.24pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,363; 770th 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.

Mathias Lobato−18.22 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)59.11% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.89%	−18.22 pts	Left bloc	75.41%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.35% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.17% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.05% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.80% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.38% Zema (NOVO)0.21% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−12.81 pts	Left bloc	73.60%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)61.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)38.04%	−23.93 pts	Left bloc	71.35%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.55% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.40% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.00% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.70% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.17% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−25.19 pts	Left bloc	72.04%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.18%	−5.64 pts	Left bloc	66.54%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)46.52% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)41.03% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.93% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.88% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.37% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.91% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.76% Marina Silva (REDE)0.45% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.05% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−2.02 pts	Left bloc	69.98%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.54%	−38.91 pts	Left bloc	71.83%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.62% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.39% Marina Silva (PSB)11.23% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.27% +5 more Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.18% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.09% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−50.51 pts	Left bloc	74.98%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)63.26% José Serra (PSDB)36.74%	−26.51 pts	Left bloc	73.75%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.12% José Serra (PSDB)33.02% Marina Silva (PV)11.59% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05%	−33.64 pts	Left bloc	76.56%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.51% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.49%	−53.03 pts	Left bloc	78.41%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.63% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.26% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.20% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)0.80% +1 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.10%	−39.28 pts	Left bloc	81.98%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.36% José Serra (PSDB)39.64%	−20.72 pts	Left bloc	67.33%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.72% Garotinho (PSB)28.27% José Serra (PSDB)20.64% Ciro (PPS)4.99% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.38%	−58.73 pts	Left bloc	73.16%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)56.18% Lula (PT)28.90% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.82% Enéas (PRONA)1.84% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.88% Eymael (PSDC)0.66% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.59% Sirkis (PV)0.59% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.59% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.51% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.29% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.15%	+19.26 pts	Right bloc	71.42%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)68.95% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)18.37% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.06% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.72% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.63% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.40% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.32% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.54%	+60.62 pts	Right bloc	77.57%

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.