MG · Belo Horizonte immediate region

Nova Lima: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Nova Lima with 51.67% of valid votes against 48.33% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 3.34 points, 0.23 points right of Brazil.

Lean rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +3.93pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 77,063; 31th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; 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 2018.

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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.

Nova Lima−3.34 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)51.67% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)48.33%	−3.34 pts	Left bloc	84.59%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.08% Lula (PT)42.58% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.43% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.77% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.52% Zema (NOVO)1.33% Samara (UP)0.15% Clariana Barao (DC)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	+5.51 pts	Right bloc	82.35%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)51.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)48.87%	−2.25 pts	Left bloc	81.84%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.05% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.14% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.49% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.08% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.41% Léo Péricles (UP)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	−2.50 pts	Left bloc	80.80%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)60.72% Fernando Haddad (PT)39.28%	+21.44 pts	Right bloc	81.41%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)49.67% Fernando Haddad (PT)19.31% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.17% João Amoêdo (NOVO)4.48% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.42% Marina Silva (REDE)1.65% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.49% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.47% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.67% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.53% Vera (PSTU)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.04%	+22.18 pts	Right bloc	81.91%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)57.04% Dilma (PT)42.96%	+14.09 pts	Right bloc	83.38%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)46.12% Dilma (PT)31.85% Marina Silva (PSB)18.40% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.71% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.77% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.69% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.26% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−5.75 pts	Left bloc	85.27%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.48% José Serra (PSDB)45.52%	−8.96 pts	Left bloc	84.45%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Marina Silva (PV)39.62% Dilma (PT)33.61% José Serra (PSDB)25.29% Plínio (PSOL)1.09% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04%	−49.00 pts	Left bloc	87.44%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.38% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.62%	−46.76 pts	Left bloc	87.01%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.77% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.11% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)8.44% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.40% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06%	−35.22 pts	Left bloc	88.15%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)83.41% José Serra (PSDB)16.59%	−66.82 pts	Left bloc	87.93%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.33% Garotinho (PSB)12.13% José Serra (PSDB)9.65% Ciro (PPS)8.44% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.36% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−80.69 pts	Left bloc	88.85%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.18% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)32.14% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.32% Enéas (PRONA)2.72% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.49% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.46% Sirkis (PV)0.43% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.36% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32% Eymael (PSDC)0.30% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.13% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.13%	−28.17 pts	Left bloc	87.63%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)45.53% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)38.16% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)10.52% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.33% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.31% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.12% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.66% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.37%	+21.43 pts	Right bloc	89.97%

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
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(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.