MG · Mantena immediate region

Mendes Pimentel: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Mendes Pimentel with 53.26% of valid votes against 46.74% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 6.51 points, 2.94 points left of Brazil.

Likely left

Lean versus Brazil: −9.41pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,977; 600th 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.

Mendes Pimentel−6.51 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)53.26% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.74%	−6.51 pts	Left bloc	78.74%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.15% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.45% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.56% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.11% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.97% Zema (NOVO)0.65% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−3.64 pts	Left bloc	74.04%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.11% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)43.89%	−12.22 pts	Left bloc	75.19%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.49% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.22% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.62% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.94% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.26% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−10.27 pts	Left bloc	71.05%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)54.43% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)45.57%	−8.86 pts	Left bloc	71.07%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)44.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)36.93% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.67% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.32% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.51% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.42% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.33% Marina Silva (REDE)0.70% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.26% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.20% Vera (PSTU)0.17% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.12% Eymael (DC)0.03%	−4.52 pts	Left bloc	71.39%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.07% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.93%	−16.13 pts	Left bloc	75.39%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.93% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.33% Marina Silva (PSB)13.79% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.62% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.03%	−33.88 pts	Left bloc	76.33%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.89% José Serra (PSDB)41.11%	−17.78 pts	Left bloc	79.20%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.56% José Serra (PSDB)33.43% Marina Silva (PV)18.58% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16% +4 more Plínio (PSOL)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−32.77 pts	Left bloc	78.78%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.46%	−45.08 pts	Left bloc	78.68%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.68% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.70% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.32% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−38.42 pts	Left bloc	80.91%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)55.34% Lula (PT)44.66%	+10.67 pts	Right bloc	67.42%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)38.80% Lula (PT)35.08% José Serra (PSDB)23.48% Ciro (PPS)2.25% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39%	−53.04 pts	Left bloc	71.58%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)67.35% Lula (PT)20.75% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.76% Enéas (PRONA)1.44% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.06% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.86% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.79% Sirkis (PV)0.62% Eymael (PSDC)0.51% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.41% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.27% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17%	+40.33 pts	Right bloc	67.22%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)67.84% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)23.87% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.23% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.37% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.11% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.72% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.58% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.28%	+51.09 pts	Right bloc	73.45%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
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.