MG · Além Paraíba immediate region

Volta Grande: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Volta Grande with 61.59% of valid votes against 38.41% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 23.19 points, 19.62 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −25.01pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,431; 652th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; 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.

Volta Grande−23.19 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)61.59% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.41%	−23.19 pts	Left bloc	72.65%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.46% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.46% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.54% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.80% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.07% Zema (NOVO)0.60% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−18.13 pts	Left bloc	70.93%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.93% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.07%	−27.86 pts	Left bloc	72.59%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.19% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.80% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.35% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.65% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.74% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.24% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−27.75 pts	Left bloc	71.39%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)60.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.78%	−20.43 pts	Left bloc	66.89%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)50.32% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.12% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.96% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.22% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.44% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.14% Marina Silva (REDE)0.80% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.67% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.17% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−16.43 pts	Left bloc	70.45%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)67.66% Aécio Neves (PSDB)32.34%	−35.32 pts	Left bloc	70.97%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.62% Aécio Neves (PSDB)25.81% Marina Silva (PSB)18.29% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.95% +5 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.65% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.34% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03%	−46.07 pts	Left bloc	73.96%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.00% José Serra (PSDB)36.00%	−28.01 pts	Left bloc	75.42%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.44% José Serra (PSDB)27.93% Marina Silva (PV)14.95% Plínio (PSOL)0.44% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	−43.73 pts	Left bloc	77.10%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)73.56% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.44%	−47.11 pts	Left bloc	75.52%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.29% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.98% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.58% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.04% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11%	−37.82 pts	Left bloc	77.00%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.49% José Serra (PSDB)25.51%	−48.99 pts	Left bloc	76.21%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.35% Garotinho (PSB)25.59% José Serra (PSDB)15.67% Ciro (PPS)9.84% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−68.66 pts	Left bloc	79.38%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)44.18% Lula (PT)36.79% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.38% Enéas (PRONA)1.30% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.77% Sirkis (PV)0.77% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.58% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.58% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.39% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.39% Eymael (PSDC)0.29%	−5.75 pts	Left bloc	78.94%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)57.61% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.58% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.81% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.96% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.77% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.08% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.61% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.56%	+39.29 pts	Right bloc	79.55%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.