MG · Janaúba immediate region

Riacho dos Machados: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Riacho dos Machados with 65.47% of valid votes against 34.53% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 30.94 points, 27.37 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −40.99pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,031; 374th 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.

Riacho dos Machados−30.94 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)65.47% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.53%	−30.94 pts	Left bloc	74.56%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.64% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)33.13% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.05% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.43% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.19% Zema (NOVO)0.42% Samara (UP)0.09% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−27.59 pts	Left bloc	72.93%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.89% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)28.11%	−43.79 pts	Left bloc	71.85%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)69.63% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.25% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.23% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.39% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.13% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.22% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−42.22 pts	Left bloc	72.46%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)73.32% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.68%	−46.64 pts	Left bloc	67.71%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)63.73% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)22.80% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.05% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.92% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.38% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.66% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.55% Marina Silva (REDE)0.38% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.38% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.11% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−41.11 pts	Left bloc	69.25%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.98% Aécio Neves (PSDB)18.02%	−63.96 pts	Left bloc	71.49%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.44% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.82% Marina Silva (PSB)6.76% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.36% +4 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.28% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−67.21 pts	Left bloc	74.44%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.55% José Serra (PSDB)18.45%	−63.10 pts	Left bloc	70.53%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)78.64% José Serra (PSDB)14.01% Marina Silva (PV)6.81% Plínio (PSOL)0.25% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−71.73 pts	Left bloc	73.60%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)13.74%	−72.53 pts	Left bloc	70.64%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.65% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)20.06% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.14% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)0.87% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−59.32 pts	Left bloc	74.13%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)65.82% Lula (PT)34.18%	+31.63 pts	Right bloc	68.88%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)48.61% Lula (PT)30.71% Ciro (PPS)11.69% Garotinho (PSB)8.75% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−2.77 pts	Left bloc	73.65%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)79.05% Lula (PT)8.23% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.50% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.63% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.31% Sirkis (PV)1.12% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.90% Enéas (PRONA)0.79% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.54% Eymael (PSDC)0.44% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.27% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22%	+62.62 pts	Right bloc	70.84%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)78.64% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.72% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.03% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.34% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.09% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.43% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.97% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.77%	+76.62 pts	Right bloc	75.62%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2006(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.