MG · Conselheiro Lafaiete immediate region

Santana dos Montes: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santana dos Montes with 58.27% of valid votes against 41.73% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 16.55 points, 12.98 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −15.17pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,870; 713th 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.

Santana dos Montes−16.55 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)58.27% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)41.73%	−16.55 pts	Left bloc	82.43%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.19% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)41.50% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.76% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.04% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.77% Zema (NOVO)0.70% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−9.91 pts	Left bloc	79.53%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.34% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.66%	−24.67 pts	Left bloc	81.03%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.81% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.23% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.46% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.00% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.22% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.17% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−23.84 pts	Left bloc	81.98%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)52.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)47.01%	−5.99 pts	Left bloc	75.57%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)40.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.90% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.59% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.98% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.81% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.61% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.57% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.49% Marina Silva (REDE)0.40% Vera (PSTU)0.24% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04%	−0.61 pts	Left bloc	77.50%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.00% Aécio Neves (PSDB)49.00%	−2.00 pts	Left bloc	78.36%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.19% Dilma (PT)46.66% Marina Silva (PSB)4.57% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.79% +3 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.53% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.08%	−3.66 pts	Left bloc	82.81%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)53.00% Dilma (PT)47.00%	+6.00 pts	Right bloc	80.73%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)46.79% Dilma (PT)44.93% Marina Silva (PV)7.39% Plínio (PSOL)0.73% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	−6.18 pts	Left bloc	83.30%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.02% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)47.98%	−4.03 pts	Left bloc	82.98%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)58.85% Lula (PT)36.44% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.04% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.30% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.20% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04%	+18.43 pts	Right bloc	86.21%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)55.77% Lula (PT)44.23%	+11.53 pts	Right bloc	81.48%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)42.09% Lula (PT)33.97% Ciro (PPS)15.38% Garotinho (PSB)8.34% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−15.83 pts	Left bloc	85.80%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)69.48% Lula (PT)16.10% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.70% Enéas (PRONA)2.78% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.80% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.65% Sirkis (PV)0.65% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.55% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.50% Eymael (PSDC)0.45% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.20% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15%	+47.22 pts	Right bloc	85.50%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)76.49% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.46% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.09% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.98% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.14% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.76% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.65% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+69.77 pts	Right bloc	89.82%

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