MG · Patos de Minas immediate region

Patos de Minas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Patos de Minas with 64.86% of valid votes against 35.14% for Lula: a margin of 29.73 points, 33.30 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +29.72pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 116,623; 16th 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.

Patos de Minas+29.73 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)64.86% Lula (PT)35.14%	+29.73 pts	Right bloc	80.06%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)62.95% Lula (PT)28.46% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.00% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.57% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.19% Zema (NOVO)0.64% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01%	+36.79 pts	Right bloc	77.56%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)64.78% Lula (PT)35.22%	+29.55 pts	Right bloc	79.07%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)56.77% Lula (PT)34.45% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.06% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.45% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.77% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.34% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+26.02 pts	Right bloc	77.10%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)72.14% Fernando Haddad (PT)27.86%	+44.28 pts	Right bloc	75.89%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)60.55% Fernando Haddad (PT)15.28% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.43% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.32% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)5.24% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.94% Marina Silva (REDE)0.85% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.48% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.48% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.33% Vera (PSTU)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+46.07 pts	Right bloc	76.44%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.70% Aécio Neves (PSDB)49.30%	−1.39 pts	Left bloc	79.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)44.62% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.51% Marina Silva (PSB)11.50% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.09% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.60% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.43% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.15% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−15.77 pts	Left bloc	80.30%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.51% Dilma (PT)47.49%	+5.02 pts	Right bloc	79.48%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)42.11% Dilma (PT)40.98% Marina Silva (PV)15.99% Plínio (PSOL)0.71% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−15.55 pts	Left bloc	82.22%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)54.37% Lula (PT)45.63%	+8.75 pts	Right bloc	80.61%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)60.43% Lula (PT)33.05% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.50% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.85% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	+21.19 pts	Right bloc	82.79%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.54% José Serra (PSDB)44.46%	−11.07 pts	Left bloc	81.49%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)40.87% José Serra (PSDB)29.06% Ciro (PPS)19.39% Garotinho (PSB)10.23% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−41.88 pts	Left bloc	84.98%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)76.83% Lula (PT)12.23% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.02% Enéas (PRONA)1.33% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.11% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.09% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.07% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.05% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	+56.89 pts	Right bloc	82.40%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)74.32% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.31% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.25% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.67% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.98% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.69% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.41% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.37%	+66.00 pts	Right bloc	86.56%

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
2014(Round 2)·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.