MG · Caratinga immediate region

Santa Bárbara do Leste: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Santa Bárbara do Leste with 51.86% of valid votes against 48.14% for Lula: a margin of 3.72 points, 7.29 points right of Brazil.

Lean rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +3.04pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,926; 430th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 2; 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; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Santa Bárbara do Leste+3.72 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)51.86% Lula (PT)48.14%	+3.72 pts	Right bloc	84.02%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)50.38% Lula (PT)43.66% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.02% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.38% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.04% Zema (NOVO)0.42% Samara (UP)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00%	+6.49 pts	Right bloc	80.22%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)51.48% Lula (PT)48.52%	+2.95 pts	Right bloc	80.28%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)45.28% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.72% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.54% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.83% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.30% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.15% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04%	−1.37 pts	Left bloc	77.75%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)54.46% Fernando Haddad (PT)45.54%	+8.91 pts	Right bloc	74.71%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)44.08% Fernando Haddad (PT)37.58% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.55% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.29% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.72% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.06% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.47% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.45% Marina Silva (REDE)0.41% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.28% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+8.22 pts	Right bloc	75.23%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.80% Aécio Neves (PSDB)43.20%	−13.60 pts	Left bloc	76.53%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.73% Aécio Neves (PSDB)30.17% Marina Silva (PSB)12.56% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.87% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.28% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−37.64 pts	Left bloc	78.47%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.19% José Serra (PSDB)40.81%	−18.38 pts	Left bloc	77.91%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.65% José Serra (PSDB)32.69% Marina Silva (PV)11.06% Plínio (PSOL)0.33% +5 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−34.37 pts	Left bloc	79.33%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.07% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.93%	−46.15 pts	Left bloc	79.21%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.03% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.63% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.78% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.25% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.25% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−36.14 pts	Left bloc	82.20%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)50.48% José Serra (PSDB)49.52%	−0.95 pts	Left bloc	77.86%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)40.40% José Serra (PSDB)36.63% Garotinho (PSB)19.15% Ciro (PPS)3.33% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.49%	−26.75 pts	Left bloc	81.22%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)75.99% Lula (PT)14.00% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.78% Enéas (PRONA)1.10% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.74% Sirkis (PV)0.55% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.42% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.42% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.32% Eymael (PSDC)0.26% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.26% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.16%	+56.50 pts	Right bloc	81.06%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)80.52% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.79% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.88% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.68% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.82% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.49% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.41% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.41%	+73.60 pts	Right bloc	80.49%

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
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right 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.