MG · Sete Lagoas immediate region

Paraopeba: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Paraopeba with 53.36% of valid votes against 46.64% for Lula: a margin of 6.71 points, 10.28 points right of Brazil.

Likely rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +9.92pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 19,694; 146th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 2; 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; 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.

Paraopeba+6.71 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)53.36% Lula (PT)46.64%	+6.71 pts	Right bloc	83.65%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)52.66% Lula (PT)39.04% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.66% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.30% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.49% Zema (NOVO)0.69% Samara (UP)0.09% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01%	+14.36 pts	Right bloc	81.63%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)53.58% Lula (PT)46.42%	+7.17 pts	Right bloc	81.50%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)47.07% Lula (PT)45.50% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.16% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.07% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.66% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.37% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.12% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	+4.80 pts	Right bloc	81.30%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)62.78% Fernando Haddad (PT)37.22%	+25.56 pts	Right bloc	78.73%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)51.86% Fernando Haddad (PT)24.71% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.85% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.92% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.97% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.52% Marina Silva (REDE)1.18% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.85% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.56% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.44% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+27.44 pts	Right bloc	80.75%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.35% Aécio Neves (PSDB)48.65%	−2.71 pts	Left bloc	80.83%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)44.66% Dilma (PT)42.17% Marina Silva (PSB)11.33% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.06% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.42% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.17% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−9.64 pts	Left bloc	82.73%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.66% José Serra (PSDB)35.34%	−29.32 pts	Left bloc	81.30%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.16% José Serra (PSDB)25.65% Marina Silva (PV)21.48% Plínio (PSOL)0.54% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−48.51 pts	Left bloc	83.69%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.57% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.43%	−41.13 pts	Left bloc	83.18%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)39.23% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.89% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.50% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−21.17 pts	Left bloc	84.35%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.28% José Serra (PSDB)29.72%	−40.57 pts	Left bloc	84.82%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.24% José Serra (PSDB)23.77% Garotinho (PSB)11.23% Ciro (PPS)10.30% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.44% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−52.47 pts	Left bloc	86.97%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)56.51% Lula (PT)23.20% Ciro Gomes (PPS)12.60% Enéas (PRONA)4.02% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.73% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.65% Sirkis (PV)0.47% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.46% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.45% Eymael (PSDC)0.42% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.28% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.21%	+24.19 pts	Right bloc	83.87%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)74.42% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.11% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.84% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.00% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.96% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.67% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.60% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.40%	+74.58 pts	Right bloc	87.02%

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
2014(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(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.