MG · Belo Horizonte immediate region

Sabará: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Sabará with 53.12% of valid votes against 46.88% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 6.25 points, 2.68 points left of Brazil.

Toss-upSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +2.84pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 94,322; 21th 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 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2018.

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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.

Sabará−6.25 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)53.12% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.88%	−6.25 pts	Left bloc	83.37%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.81% Lula (PT)44.21% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.10% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.41% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.19% Zema (NOVO)0.97% Samara (UP)0.15% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+2.88 pts	Right bloc	81.15%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)50.59% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)49.41%	−1.18 pts	Left bloc	81.02%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.95% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.25% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.40% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.95% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.64% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.58% Léo Péricles (UP)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	−2.10 pts	Left bloc	79.68%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)61.61% Fernando Haddad (PT)38.39%	+23.23 pts	Right bloc	80.73%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)51.38% Fernando Haddad (PT)19.76% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.54% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.97% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.11% Marina Silva (REDE)1.88% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.83% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.68% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.42% Vera (PSTU)0.10% Eymael (DC)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+26.60 pts	Right bloc	81.21%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.03% Dilma (PT)45.97%	+8.06 pts	Right bloc	82.08%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)45.22% Dilma (PT)32.07% Marina Silva (PSB)18.89% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.67% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.00% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.50% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.27% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−6.78 pts	Left bloc	84.24%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.99% José Serra (PSDB)41.01%	−17.99 pts	Left bloc	83.15%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Marina Silva (PV)42.47% Dilma (PT)35.80% José Serra (PSDB)20.36% Plínio (PSOL)0.92% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.14% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−58.86 pts	Left bloc	85.92%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.26%	−53.48 pts	Left bloc	85.05%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.11% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.07% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)9.62% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.94% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−39.34 pts	Left bloc	86.73%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.98% José Serra (PSDB)19.02%	−61.95 pts	Left bloc	86.88%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.71% Garotinho (PSB)21.12% José Serra (PSDB)9.74% Ciro (PPS)5.89% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.46% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−80.52 pts	Left bloc	87.88%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)47.23% Lula (PT)39.30% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.59% Enéas (PRONA)2.44% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.35% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.21% Sirkis (PV)0.21% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.19% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.12% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.08%	+0.41 pts	Right bloc	84.62%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)53.20% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)28.20% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)12.63% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.40% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.21% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.19% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.62% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.54%	+41.17 pts	Right bloc	88.13%

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
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(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.