MG · Montes Claros immediate region

Varzelândia: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Varzelândia with 73.96% of valid votes against 26.04% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 47.91 points, 44.34 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −48.88pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 17,157; 171th 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.

Varzelândia−47.91 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)73.96% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)26.04%	−47.91 pts	Left bloc	73.12%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)72.05% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)24.94% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.51% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.86% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.41% Zema (NOVO)0.17% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Samara (UP)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−47.17 pts	Left bloc	70.17%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)24.67%	−50.67 pts	Left bloc	68.45%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.24% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)21.79% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.93% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.47% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.29% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.18% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−51.51 pts	Left bloc	68.07%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)74.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)25.22%	−49.57 pts	Left bloc	64.89%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)69.76% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)18.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.07% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.03% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.42% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.38% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.35% Marina Silva (REDE)0.20% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.17% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.14% Eymael (DC)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−52.47 pts	Left bloc	66.00%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)74.23% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.77%	−48.46 pts	Left bloc	66.45%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)72.79% Aécio Neves (PSDB)21.49% Marina Silva (PSB)5.10% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.37% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.01%	−56.11 pts	Left bloc	67.05%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)68.40% José Serra (PSDB)31.60%	−36.81 pts	Left bloc	64.93%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)67.07% José Serra (PSDB)27.55% Marina Silva (PV)4.99% Plínio (PSOL)0.17% +4 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−44.66 pts	Left bloc	66.19%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.73%	−24.53 pts	Left bloc	69.62%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.22% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)41.96% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.14% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.44% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.16% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04%	−15.60 pts	Left bloc	70.96%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.22% Lula (PT)49.78%	+0.44 pts	Right bloc	64.10%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.04% José Serra (PSDB)31.79% Ciro (PPS)16.41% Garotinho (PSB)6.46% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.21% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.10%	−36.42 pts	Left bloc	65.63%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)63.72% Lula (PT)21.02% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.64% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.90% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.27% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.25% Sirkis (PV)0.98% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.96% Eymael (PSDC)0.78% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.63% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.49% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.35%	+34.50 pts	Right bloc	63.41%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)58.70% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)29.78% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.48% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)3.20% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.58% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.52% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.94% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.78%	+38.55 pts	Right bloc	63.70%

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.