MG · Guanhães immediate region

Rio Vermelho: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Rio Vermelho 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: −33.65pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 10,176; 289th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; 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; 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.

Rio Vermelho−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	64.74%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.07% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.93% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.02% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.24% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.26% Zema (NOVO)0.37% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00%	−26.34 pts	Left bloc	59.91%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.67%	−40.67 pts	Left bloc	60.98%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.87% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.25% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.92% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.57% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.96% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.15% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.10% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−41.89 pts	Left bloc	59.44%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)66.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.87%	−32.26 pts	Left bloc	58.49%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)56.89% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)23.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.75% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.53% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.15% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.67% Marina Silva (REDE)0.35% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.27% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.24% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.17% Eymael (DC)0.12% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.05%	−28.26 pts	Left bloc	60.12%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.32% Aécio Neves (PSDB)35.68%	−28.63 pts	Left bloc	59.29%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.07% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.85% Marina Silva (PSB)4.87% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.60% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.22% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−29.79 pts	Left bloc	60.24%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.97% José Serra (PSDB)26.03%	−47.95 pts	Left bloc	56.27%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)69.07% José Serra (PSDB)23.80% Marina Silva (PV)6.61% Plínio (PSOL)0.25% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−52.13 pts	Left bloc	62.33%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.14% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.86%	−50.28 pts	Left bloc	63.78%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.30% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)32.56% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.35% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.46% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.20% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−34.22 pts	Left bloc	69.07%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.76% Lula (PT)48.24%	+3.51 pts	Right bloc	57.89%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)41.99% José Serra (PSDB)39.78% Ciro (PPS)8.87% Garotinho (PSB)8.70% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.54% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.13%	−20.45 pts	Left bloc	66.44%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)79.33% Lula (PT)7.72% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.15% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.17% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)0.95% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.92% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.90% Sirkis (PV)0.79% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.49% Eymael (PSDC)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.16% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.08%	+62.69 pts	Right bloc	64.79%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)81.35% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)9.63% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.19% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.82% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.65% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.47% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.47% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.42%	+79.80 pts	Right bloc	71.35%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
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.