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Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo with 60.27% of valid votes against 39.73% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 20.54 points, 16.97 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −19.76pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,393; 837th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; 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.

Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo−20.54 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)60.27% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.73%	−20.54 pts	Left bloc	70.62%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.81% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.92% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.60% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.69% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.65% Zema (NOVO)0.33% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−15.00 pts	Left bloc	67.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.04%	−25.92 pts	Left bloc	74.80%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.44% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.73% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.10% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.47% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.85% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.28% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−29.81 pts	Left bloc	71.89%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)61.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)38.93%	−22.15 pts	Left bloc	68.35%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)43.56% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)32.58% Ciro Gomes (PDT)13.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.67% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.59% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.53% Marina Silva (REDE)0.45% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.38% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.23% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.15% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−16.52 pts	Left bloc	72.18%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)52.09% Dilma (PT)47.91%	+4.18 pts	Right bloc	78.36%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)59.72% Dilma (PT)36.10% Marina Silva (PSB)3.33% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.46% +2 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.31% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08%	+19.60 pts	Right bloc	80.23%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)75.90% José Serra (PSDB)24.10%	−51.81 pts	Left bloc	68.08%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.42% José Serra (PSDB)20.56% Marina Silva (PV)15.61% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.17% +2 more Plínio (PSOL)0.17% Eymael (PSDC)0.08%	−58.71 pts	Left bloc	73.91%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.17%	−61.65 pts	Left bloc	70.86%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.29% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.91% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.83% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.97%	−24.19 pts	Left bloc	80.80%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.34% José Serra (PSDB)28.66%	−42.68 pts	Left bloc	63.06%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.85% José Serra (PSDB)19.38% Ciro (PPS)14.67% Garotinho (PSB)3.59% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.41% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.10%	−61.23 pts	Left bloc	72.76%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)51.57% Lula (PT)26.60% Ciro Gomes (PPS)18.00% Enéas (PRONA)1.28% +6 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.16% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.46% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.23% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.23% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.23%	+7.55 pts	Right bloc	78.24%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)65.89% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)26.20% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.50% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.95% +3 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.04% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.78% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.65%	+46.30 pts	Right bloc	81.97%

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
2018(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.