MG · Salinas immediate region

Salinas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Salinas with 60.56% of valid votes against 39.44% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 21.11 points, 17.54 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −20.90pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 33,018; 84th 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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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

Salinas−21.11 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)60.56% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.44%	−21.11 pts	Left bloc	77.35%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.75% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.20% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.18% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.49% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.87% Zema (NOVO)0.42% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−15.99 pts	Left bloc	74.56%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)38.00%	−24.01 pts	Left bloc	75.92%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.28% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.37% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.34% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.84% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.22% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−25.38 pts	Left bloc	74.07%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)58.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)41.70%	−16.59 pts	Left bloc	72.99%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)48.36% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.82% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.76% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.86% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.51% Marina Silva (REDE)0.46% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.45% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.36% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.28% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.01%	−14.63 pts	Left bloc	73.50%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)60.92% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.08%	−21.85 pts	Left bloc	74.54%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.41% Aécio Neves (PSDB)31.47% Marina Silva (PSB)11.03% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.43% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.30% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−36.10 pts	Left bloc	74.82%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.14% José Serra (PSDB)35.86%	−28.27 pts	Left bloc	74.00%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.31% José Serra (PSDB)27.58% Marina Silva (PV)13.78% Plínio (PSOL)0.19% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−44.69 pts	Left bloc	74.75%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.50% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.50%	−37.00 pts	Left bloc	74.29%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.19% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)39.31% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.65% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.64% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−20.95 pts	Left bloc	75.16%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.23% José Serra (PSDB)44.77%	−10.46 pts	Left bloc	74.21%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.63% José Serra (PSDB)29.02% Ciro (PPS)12.21% Garotinho (PSB)10.97% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−41.96 pts	Left bloc	76.42%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)70.45% Lula (PT)16.74% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.59% Enéas (PRONA)1.04% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.85% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.80% Sirkis (PV)0.58% Eymael (PSDC)0.49% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.44% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.41% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.35% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.27%	+46.00 pts	Right bloc	75.57%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)68.89% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.69% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)11.24% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.06% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.36% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.65% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.61% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.49%	+69.63 pts	Right bloc	77.23%

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.