MG · Guanhães immediate region

Santa Maria do Suaçuí: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Maria do Suaçuí with 61.53% of valid votes against 38.47% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 23.06 points, 19.49 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −26.60pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,136; 251th 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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Santa Maria do Suaçuí−23.06 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)61.53% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.47%	−23.06 pts	Left bloc	65.45%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.65% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.82% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.18% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.54% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.33% Zema (NOVO)0.35% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01%	−19.81 pts	Left bloc	62.28%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)65.69% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.31%	−31.38 pts	Left bloc	64.71%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)64.77% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.17% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.85% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.39% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.46% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.16% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01%	−32.49 pts	Left bloc	63.74%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)62.19% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)37.81%	−24.39 pts	Left bloc	57.10%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)54.88% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.61% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.77% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.52% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.97% Marina Silva (REDE)0.34% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.31% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.16% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−21.27 pts	Left bloc	59.92%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.66% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.34%	−33.32 pts	Left bloc	61.59%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)62.34% Aécio Neves (PSDB)31.38% Marina Silva (PSB)5.42% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.29% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.24% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.19% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01%	−36.47 pts	Left bloc	62.12%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.12% José Serra (PSDB)23.88%	−52.23 pts	Left bloc	60.51%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.79% José Serra (PSDB)21.52% Marina Silva (PV)7.37% Plínio (PSOL)0.17% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.01% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.01% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.01%	−56.73 pts	Left bloc	64.25%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.90% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.10%	−47.81 pts	Left bloc	63.52%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.22% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.04% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.30% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.17% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−27.39 pts	Left bloc	66.29%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.87% José Serra (PSDB)44.13%	−11.75 pts	Left bloc	61.32%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)42.37% José Serra (PSDB)37.20% Ciro (PPS)12.86% Garotinho (PSB)7.23% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.29% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−25.60 pts	Left bloc	67.37%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)72.10% Lula (PT)10.95% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.77% Sirkis (PV)3.10% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.36% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.81% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.77% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.75% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.51% Eymael (PSDC)0.46% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.31% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.11%	+49.70 pts	Right bloc	62.61%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)72.74% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.74% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.37% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.89% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.40% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.23% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.04% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.60%	+68.06 pts	Right bloc	67.25%

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.