MG · Ponte Nova immediate region

Sericita: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Sericita with 50.49% of valid votes against 49.51% for Lula: a margin of 0.98 points, 4.55 points right of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −3.21pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,089; 419th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Sericita+0.98 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)50.49% Lula (PT)49.51%	+0.98 pts	Right bloc	83.07%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)50.78% Lula (PT)44.69% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.84% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.62% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.88% Zema (NOVO)0.13% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+7.31 pts	Right bloc	80.23%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)51.48% Lula (PT)48.52%	+2.95 pts	Right bloc	81.27%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)49.63% Lula (PT)46.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.11% Ciro Gomes (PDT)0.90% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.84% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.58% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.08% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	+4.40 pts	Right bloc	80.12%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)56.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.10%	−13.80 pts	Left bloc	78.29%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)45.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.58% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)22.57% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.03% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.28% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.43% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.24% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.16% Marina Silva (REDE)0.14% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+2.53 pts	Right bloc	79.08%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.86% Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.14%	−19.71 pts	Left bloc	77.10%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.91% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.90% Marina Silva (PSB)3.64% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.23% +5 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−15.95 pts	Left bloc	79.25%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)63.57% José Serra (PSDB)36.43%	−27.14 pts	Left bloc	75.70%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.73% José Serra (PSDB)37.42% Marina Silva (PV)6.02% Plínio (PSOL)0.69% +2 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−24.93 pts	Left bloc	77.68%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.95% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.05%	−27.89 pts	Left bloc	82.77%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)47.72% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.56% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.21% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.24% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−4.04 pts	Left bloc	84.31%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)58.25% Lula (PT)41.75%	+16.50 pts	Right bloc	74.63%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)49.30% Lula (PT)31.11% Garotinho (PSB)15.58% Ciro (PPS)3.91% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10%	−1.41 pts	Left bloc	80.89%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)71.12% Lula (PT)15.26% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.26% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.19% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)1.15% Enéas (PRONA)0.98% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.74% Eymael (PSDC)0.66% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.57% Sirkis (PV)0.45% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.29%	+47.91 pts	Right bloc	79.19%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)76.28% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.03% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.54% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.37% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.90% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.86% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.61% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.41%	+66.14 pts	Right bloc	77.58%

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
2022(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right 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.