MG · Barbacena immediate region

Ressaquinha: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Ressaquinha with 61.63% of valid votes against 38.37% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 23.26 points, 19.69 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −23.96pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,432; 651th 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.

Ressaquinha−23.26 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)61.63% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.37%	−23.26 pts	Left bloc	86.03%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.37% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)35.47% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.17% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.13% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.17% Zema (NOVO)1.52% Samara (UP)0.08% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.06% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−15.42 pts	Left bloc	84.95%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.29% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.71%	−26.57 pts	Left bloc	85.56%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.73% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.23% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.98% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.63% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.70% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.61% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−24.77 pts	Left bloc	85.26%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)40.44%	−19.11 pts	Left bloc	84.96%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)45.57% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.89% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.24% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.20% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.28% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.32% Marina Silva (REDE)0.82% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.63% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.57% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.38% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−12.52 pts	Left bloc	87.07%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.56% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.44%	−31.13 pts	Left bloc	88.47%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.60% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.46% Marina Silva (PSB)8.52% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.18% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.46% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.31% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.28% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03%	−37.34 pts	Left bloc	89.53%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.93% José Serra (PSDB)33.07%	−33.86 pts	Left bloc	91.03%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)57.25% José Serra (PSDB)28.98% Marina Silva (PV)12.39% Plínio (PSOL)0.72% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.31% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.13% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−41.15 pts	Left bloc	92.53%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)67.78% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.22%	−35.56 pts	Left bloc	88.39%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.19% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)38.81% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.51% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.02% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.19% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.09%	−21.44 pts	Left bloc	90.19%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.79% José Serra (PSDB)40.21%	−19.59 pts	Left bloc	90.06%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.37% José Serra (PSDB)36.11% Ciro (PPS)8.08% Garotinho (PSB)5.81% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.63%	−27.79 pts	Left bloc	92.21%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)52.01% Lula (PT)23.69% Ciro Gomes (PPS)17.40% Enéas (PRONA)2.39% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.89% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.62% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.62% Sirkis (PV)0.58% Eymael (PSDC)0.50% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.46% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.46% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.39%	+12.73 pts	Right bloc	84.54%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)69.69% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)15.68% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.00% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.47% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.05% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.05% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.72% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.34%	+66.53 pts	Right bloc	86.91%

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

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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.