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São Tomé das Letras: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Tomé das Letras with 65.29% of valid votes against 34.71% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 30.58 points, 27.01 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −28.99pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,183; 576th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; 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; 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.

São Tomé das Letras−30.58 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)65.29% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.71%	−30.58 pts	Left bloc	79.59%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.15% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)32.72% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.40% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.63% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.53% Zema (NOVO)0.36% Samara (UP)0.10% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00%	−27.45 pts	Left bloc	78.06%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)30.16%	−39.67 pts	Left bloc	82.25%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.64% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.78% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.92% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.40% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.79% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.24% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.08% Léo Péricles (UP)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−41.39 pts	Left bloc	81.83%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)58.87% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)41.13%	−17.74 pts	Left bloc	82.64%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)39.17% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)28.35% Ciro Gomes (PDT)19.66% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.57% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.65% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.90% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.45% Marina Silva (REDE)0.45% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.42% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.36% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−20.41 pts	Left bloc	83.45%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)57.78% Aécio Neves (PSDB)42.22%	−15.57 pts	Left bloc	74.34%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.04% Aécio Neves (PSDB)38.69% Marina Silva (PSB)5.17% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.58% +5 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.91% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.32% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.19% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−21.77 pts	Left bloc	75.37%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.80% José Serra (PSDB)43.20%	−13.61 pts	Left bloc	74.77%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)50.19% José Serra (PSDB)37.15% Marina Silva (PV)12.19% Plínio (PSOL)0.31% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03%	−25.70 pts	Left bloc	78.65%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.07% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)44.93%	−10.14 pts	Left bloc	78.82%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)51.62% Lula (PT)43.58% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.11% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.39% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.28% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	+3.86 pts	Right bloc	79.73%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.74% José Serra (PSDB)43.26%	−13.49 pts	Left bloc	79.82%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.41% José Serra (PSDB)35.07% Ciro (PPS)9.00% Garotinho (PSB)4.23% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28%	−29.86 pts	Left bloc	82.09%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)69.11% Lula (PT)17.03% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.53% Enéas (PRONA)1.19% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.03% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.82% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.78% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.74% Eymael (PSDC)0.70% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.41% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.33% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.33%	+44.14 pts	Right bloc	77.21%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)71.01% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)19.70% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.18% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.75% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.03% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.99% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.82% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.52%	+58.97 pts	Right bloc	80.62%

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
2006(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.