
Domingos Sávio (PL) was the most voted Senate candidate in the region with 23.4% of the votes
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The 2026 elections took place across Brazil, with a focus on analyzing regional results in Zona da Mata and Campo das Vertentes, in Minas Gerais.
Lula (PT) was the candidate for the presidency of the Republic with the most votes in 75.8% of Zona da Mata and Campo das Vertentes. In the regions, the candidate led with 48.15% of the votes. Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) was the second most voted in the area, with 43.6%. Check out the voting for the other presidential candidates in the 2026 elections:
The Senate candidate with the best performance in Zona da Mata and Campo das Vertentes was Domingos Sávio (PL) with 23.4% of the votes, followed by Marília Campos (PT) with 20.3%. See the votes of others:

She was the third most voted candidate in the state for the position of federal deputy, with the municipality of Maranhão as the place where she obtained the most votes, with 179,351. The report explains that seats in the Chamber of Deputies are distributed using a proportional system, based on the total votes of each party or federation, and not just on the individual votes of candidates.

With 99.99% of the ballots counted, Flávio Bolsonaro obtained 56.1 million votes (47.03%), while Lula had 53.8 million (45.16%). The highest levels of support for Bolsonaro occurred in Roraima, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso and Acre, while Lula led in Piauí, Bahia, Maranhão, Pernambuco and Sergipe.

Filipe Barros (PL), elected senator for Paraná at the age of 35, will be the youngest in the country since 1903 when he takes office in February 2027. Júlio César de Carvalho Lima (PSD), at 78 years old, is the oldest senator elected. Among the governors, Lucas Ribeiro (PP), aged 37, is the youngest in Paraíba, and Jorginho Mello (PL), aged 70, re-elected in Santa Catarina, is the oldest.

After losing the election for the government of Bahia, ACM Neto (União Brasil) criticized the campaign of current governor Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT) as 'low level', citing personal attacks and lies. Meanwhile, candidate Elielson de Jesus Santos (Percata) was arrested on suspicion of 'exiting the poll' in Laje, and a 52-year-old man was arrested in Aramari for disrespecting poll workers.

White and null votes in the 2026 elections represented 4.51% of the total, with 1.69% white and 2.82% null, maintaining a similar level to that of 2022 and well below the 18.7% recorded in 1998, confirming the downward trend in the last two presidential elections.

US President Donald Trump confused Brazil with India when commenting on the speed of the electoral count on social media, taking advantage of the moment to criticize the American voting system and raise suspicions without evidence.