MT · Cuiabá immediate region

Barão de Melgaço: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Barão de Melgaço with 61.86% of valid votes against 38.14% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 23.73 points, 20.16 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −29.72pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,861; 80th largest electorate in Mato Grosso
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.

Barão de Melgaço−23.73 pts
Mato Grosso+32.12 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)61.86% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.14%	−23.73 pts	Left bloc	75.21%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.59% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.64% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.64% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.51% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.51% Samara (UP)0.05% Zema (NOVO)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−18.34 pts	Left bloc	82.05%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.17% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.83%	−26.33 pts	Left bloc	76.71%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.47% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)33.41% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.17% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.18% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.53% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−25.42 pts	Left bloc	81.45%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.88%	−36.25 pts	Left bloc	75.55%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)61.22% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)28.86% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.18% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.90% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.76% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.50% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.48% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.40% Marina Silva (REDE)0.33% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.26% Eymael (DC)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−29.77 pts	Left bloc	84.26%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)76.61% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.39%	−53.22 pts	Left bloc	67.05%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)72.15% Aécio Neves (PSDB)17.14% Marina Silva (PSB)9.69% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.27% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.25% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.18% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (PSDC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−64.72 pts	Left bloc	77.65%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)77.07% José Serra (PSDB)22.93%	−54.15 pts	Left bloc	68.42%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)72.82% José Serra (PSDB)20.29% Marina Silva (PV)6.53% Plínio (PSOL)0.27% +3 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−59.33 pts	Left bloc	79.31%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.60% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.40%	−45.21 pts	Left bloc	64.20%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.00% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)34.95% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.49% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.27% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−29.50 pts	Left bloc	78.79%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)57.40% Lula (PT)42.60%	+14.80 pts	Right bloc	65.78%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)34.17% Lula (PT)27.56% Ciro (PPS)25.17% Garotinho (PSB)13.02% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−31.65 pts	Left bloc	82.81%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)79.27% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.50% Lula (PT)7.47% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.02% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)0.65% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.52% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.46% Sirkis (PV)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.25% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.15% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.09%	+61.25 pts	Right bloc	65.10%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)75.58% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.54% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.80% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)3.57% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.92% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.15% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.00% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.46%	+67.79 pts	Right bloc	65.69%

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

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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.