MG · Conselheiro Lafaiete immediate region

Ouro Branco: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Ouro Branco with 51.72% of valid votes against 48.28% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 3.45 points, 0.12 points right of Brazil.

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Lean versus Brazil: +0.52pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 30,124; 94th 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 2 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: Yes; Voted for the national winner in every runoff from 2002 to 2026.

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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.

Ouro Branco−3.45 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)51.72% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)48.28%	−3.45 pts	Left bloc	84.86%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.38% Lula (PT)43.38% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.44% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.64% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.96% Zema (NOVO)1.03% Samara (UP)0.12% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00%	+4.09 pts	Right bloc	82.46%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)47.87%	−4.25 pts	Left bloc	82.47%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.35% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.26% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.39% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.04% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.41% Léo Péricles (UP)0.09% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−5.77 pts	Left bloc	81.33%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)58.11% Fernando Haddad (PT)41.89%	+16.21 pts	Right bloc	80.70%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.20% Fernando Haddad (PT)22.39% Ciro Gomes (PDT)16.36% João Amoêdo (NOVO)5.61% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.36% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.36% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.94% Marina Silva (REDE)0.85% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.53% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.33% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	+19.66 pts	Right bloc	81.40%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.54% Aécio Neves (PSDB)48.46%	−3.08 pts	Left bloc	82.20%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.32% Dilma (PT)37.71% Marina Silva (PSB)18.08% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.27% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.69% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.43% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−17.97 pts	Left bloc	83.62%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)57.82% José Serra (PSDB)42.18%	−15.65 pts	Left bloc	82.00%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)41.30% José Serra (PSDB)29.22% Marina Silva (PV)28.45% Plínio (PSOL)0.71% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−41.29 pts	Left bloc	84.97%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.58% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.42%	−43.15 pts	Left bloc	83.77%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.10% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.15% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.30% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−27.44 pts	Left bloc	85.89%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.37% José Serra (PSDB)18.63%	−62.73 pts	Left bloc	85.05%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.40% Garotinho (PSB)11.69% José Serra (PSDB)11.48% Ciro (PPS)6.05% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.34% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−77.04 pts	Left bloc	87.30%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.57% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)32.89% Ciro Gomes (PPS)14.97% Enéas (PRONA)2.12% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.47% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.46% Sirkis (PV)0.39% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.36% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.29% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19% Eymael (PSDC)0.17% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.13%	−28.09 pts	Left bloc	83.30%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)50.58% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)35.83% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)9.00% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.72% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.45% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.94% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.32% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.15%	+26.45 pts	Right bloc	83.25%

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(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(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.