MG · Governador Valadares immediate region

Sardoá: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Sardoá with 53.31% of valid votes against 46.69% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 6.63 points, 3.06 points left of Brazil.

Likely left

Lean versus Brazil: −11.47pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,955; 603th 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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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

Sardoá−6.63 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)53.31% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.69%	−6.63 pts	Left bloc	75.88%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.66% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.18% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.45% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.55% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.66% Zema (NOVO)0.33% Samara (UP)0.12% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−6.57 pts	Left bloc	73.84%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.87% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.13%	−17.74 pts	Left bloc	66.62%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.54% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.44% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.49% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.89% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−17.81 pts	Left bloc	65.90%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)48.50%	−3.00 pts	Left bloc	68.76%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)44.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)40.29% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.37% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.60% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.51% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.77% Marina Silva (REDE)0.35% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.32% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.21% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.11% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.11% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−0.74 pts	Left bloc	70.95%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.70% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.30%	−31.39 pts	Left bloc	72.87%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.70% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.82% Marina Silva (PSB)6.51% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.47% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.13% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03%	−33.09 pts	Left bloc	75.13%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.45% José Serra (PSDB)40.55%	−18.89 pts	Left bloc	71.52%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.38% José Serra (PSDB)40.67% Marina Silva (PV)6.31% Plínio (PSOL)0.38% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−18.29 pts	Left bloc	74.50%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.22% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)31.78%	−36.43 pts	Left bloc	70.45%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.25% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)41.82% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.96% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.55% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.25% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−15.54 pts	Left bloc	72.00%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.11% Lula (PT)49.89%	+0.22 pts	Right bloc	71.30%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)44.65% José Serra (PSDB)29.93% Garotinho (PSB)18.84% Ciro (PPS)4.96% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.62%	−40.13 pts	Left bloc	74.94%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)67.83% Lula (PT)19.45% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.55% Enéas (PRONA)2.24% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.43% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.69% Eymael (PSDC)0.69% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.37% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.25% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.25% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19%	+42.89 pts	Right bloc	78.54%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)80.67% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)10.12% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.37% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.07% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.46% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.92% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.77% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.61%	+77.91 pts	Right bloc	85.25%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(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.