MG · São João del Rei immediate region

Ritápolis: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Ritápolis with 61.54% of valid votes against 38.46% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 23.08 points, 19.51 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −18.07pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,803; 613th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 2 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.

Ritápolis−23.08 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)61.54% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.46%	−23.08 pts	Left bloc	80.74%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.81% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.93% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.44% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.98% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.10% Zema (NOVO)0.54% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.09% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.06% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−12.84 pts	Left bloc	78.95%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.91% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.09%	−27.82 pts	Left bloc	80.26%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.83% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.35% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.69% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.63% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.49% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−27.12 pts	Left bloc	80.03%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.67% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.33%	−5.34 pts	Left bloc	75.83%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.95% Fernando Haddad (PT)24.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)21.19% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.33% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.79% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.91% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.88% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.54% Marina Silva (REDE)0.47% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.40% Vera (PSTU)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+5.83 pts	Right bloc	78.55%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.66% Dilma (PT)48.34%	+3.33 pts	Right bloc	82.01%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)50.42% Dilma (PT)39.30% Marina Silva (PSB)7.80% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.55% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.50% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	+1.49 pts	Right bloc	84.57%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.08% Dilma (PT)49.92%	+0.15 pts	Right bloc	83.06%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)46.50% Dilma (PT)41.38% Marina Silva (PV)10.87% Plínio (PSOL)1.04% +4 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−6.70 pts	Left bloc	84.14%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)45.14%	−9.72 pts	Left bloc	83.92%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)55.62% Lula (PT)36.78% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)5.61% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.70% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.10%	+11.82 pts	Right bloc	86.51%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.13% Lula (PT)49.87%	+0.27 pts	Right bloc	76.22%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)48.19% Lula (PT)39.89% Garotinho (PSB)5.97% Ciro (PPS)5.24% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.12%	−3.62 pts	Left bloc	79.13%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)57.79% Lula (PT)23.51% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.99% Enéas (PRONA)3.95% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)0.56% Sirkis (PV)0.56% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.53% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.49% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.41% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.41% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.41% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.38%	+27.24 pts	Right bloc	74.99%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)70.53% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.29% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.84% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.84% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.01% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.79% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.41% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.30%	+69.85 pts	Right bloc	81.44%

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
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2018(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(between rounds)·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.