MG · Patos de Minas immediate region

Paracatu: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Paracatu with 60.57% of valid votes against 39.43% for Lula: a margin of 21.14 points, 24.71 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +19.40pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 68,279; 37th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 4; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Paracatu+21.14 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)60.57% Lula (PT)39.43%	+21.14 pts	Right bloc	78.25%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)60.15% Lula (PT)32.24% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.78% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.42% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.51% Zema (NOVO)0.76% Samara (UP)0.07% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	+29.76 pts	Right bloc	76.89%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)57.00% Lula (PT)43.00%	+14.01 pts	Right bloc	77.27%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)51.65% Lula (PT)41.77% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.63% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.00% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.57% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+12.33 pts	Right bloc	76.67%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)65.33% Fernando Haddad (PT)34.67%	+30.67 pts	Right bloc	72.68%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)57.06% Fernando Haddad (PT)25.13% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.95% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.85% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.87% Marina Silva (REDE)0.74% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.73% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.45% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.37% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	+33.89 pts	Right bloc	75.04%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.79% Dilma (PT)48.21%	+3.58 pts	Right bloc	79.59%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.83% Dilma (PT)39.78% Marina Silva (PSB)17.91% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.59% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.41% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.24% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.16% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−16.96 pts	Left bloc	80.43%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.30% José Serra (PSDB)49.70%	−0.60 pts	Left bloc	79.64%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)42.66% José Serra (PSDB)37.67% Marina Silva (PV)18.84% Plínio (PSOL)0.64% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−24.43 pts	Left bloc	82.28%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.06% Lula (PT)49.94%	+0.12 pts	Right bloc	81.21%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)56.18% Lula (PT)39.21% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.04% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.42% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	+12.66 pts	Right bloc	83.61%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.27% José Serra (PSDB)37.73%	−24.55 pts	Left bloc	81.45%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.74% Garotinho (PSB)18.35% José Serra (PSDB)17.54% Ciro (PPS)14.06% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.29% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−64.92 pts	Left bloc	84.46%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)67.78% Lula (PT)16.68% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.83% Enéas (PRONA)2.32% +8 more Vasco Neto (PSN)0.57% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.32% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.14% Sirkis (PV)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.06% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	+41.78 pts	Right bloc	80.16%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)61.02% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)24.64% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.57% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.53% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.06% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.04% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.61% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.53%	+48.64 pts	Right bloc	84.97%

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
2006(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right 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.