MG · Santa Bárbara - Ouro Preto immediate region

Ouro Preto: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Ouro Preto with 69.29% of valid votes against 30.71% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 38.58 points, 35.01 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −35.10pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 64,300; 41th 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.

Ouro Preto−38.58 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)69.29% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)30.71%	−38.58 pts	Left bloc	81.21%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.93% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)30.18% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.95% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.05% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.84% Zema (NOVO)0.78% Samara (UP)0.15% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	−30.18 pts	Left bloc	78.51%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.93% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.07%	−39.86 pts	Left bloc	81.48%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.20% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.89% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.15% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.61% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.39% Léo Péricles (UP)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−39.67 pts	Left bloc	81.47%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)64.57% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)35.43%	−29.14 pts	Left bloc	79.88%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)37.91% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)28.39% Ciro Gomes (PDT)21.85% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.79% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.45% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.21% Marina Silva (REDE)1.08% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.86% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.81% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.50% Vera (PSTU)0.11% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−23.56 pts	Left bloc	81.07%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)60.62% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.38%	−21.24 pts	Left bloc	81.67%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.74% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.90% Marina Silva (PSB)13.24% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.41% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.88% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.35% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−29.04 pts	Left bloc	83.28%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.17% José Serra (PSDB)35.83%	−28.35 pts	Left bloc	81.91%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.98% Marina Silva (PV)26.83% José Serra (PSDB)24.54% Plínio (PSOL)1.20% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	−50.42 pts	Left bloc	84.73%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.51% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.49%	−49.01 pts	Left bloc	83.60%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.06% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.70% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.03% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.88% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.08%	−35.95 pts	Left bloc	85.49%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.43% José Serra (PSDB)23.57%	−52.86 pts	Left bloc	85.50%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.66% José Serra (PSDB)17.02% Ciro (PPS)9.51% Garotinho (PSB)7.88% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.85% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−65.96 pts	Left bloc	87.21%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)43.37% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)39.21% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.27% Enéas (PRONA)2.47% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.36% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.33% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28% Sirkis (PV)0.25% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.16% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.14% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−15.28 pts	Left bloc	84.02%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)55.94% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.25% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)9.33% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.41% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.57% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.37% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.67% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.45%	+42.37 pts	Right bloc	87.32%

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

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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.