MG · São João Nepomuceno - Bicas immediate region

Descoberto: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Descoberto with 56.88% of valid votes against 43.12% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 13.77 points, 10.20 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −11.86pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,548; 635th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 3 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.

Descoberto−13.77 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)56.88% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)43.12%	−13.77 pts	Left bloc	82.70%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.50% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.99% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)5.60% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.07% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.28% Zema (NOVO)0.44% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.12% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	−10.20 pts	Left bloc	79.29%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.36% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)40.64%	−18.73 pts	Left bloc	82.28%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.01% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.96% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.66% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.94% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.23% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.15% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−21.96 pts	Left bloc	80.30%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.26% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)48.74%	−2.52 pts	Left bloc	79.01%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)38.34% Fernando Haddad (PT)26.59% Ciro Gomes (PDT)20.91% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.72% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.70% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.23% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.62% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.59% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.56% Marina Silva (REDE)0.49% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.12% Vera (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (DC)0.03%	+2.47 pts	Right bloc	80.43%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)52.37% Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.63%	−4.74 pts	Left bloc	82.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.09% Dilma (PT)37.16% Marina Silva (PSB)20.99% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.10% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.74% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.45% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−20.09 pts	Left bloc	84.53%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)56.02% Dilma (PT)43.98%	+12.04 pts	Right bloc	84.67%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)46.68% Dilma (PT)39.60% Marina Silva (PV)12.83% Plínio (PSOL)0.58% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−6.46 pts	Left bloc	85.09%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.23% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.77%	−6.45 pts	Left bloc	85.89%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.32% Lula (PT)39.85% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.94% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.38% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.32% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.16% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	+1.65 pts	Right bloc	87.69%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)67.97% José Serra (PSDB)32.03%	−35.94 pts	Left bloc	87.01%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.29% José Serra (PSDB)22.63% Garotinho (PSB)15.28% Ciro (PPS)8.24% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.46% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.11%	−54.74 pts	Left bloc	89.19%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)49.71% Lula (PT)26.49% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.76% Enéas (PRONA)2.52% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.06% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.75% Eymael (PSDC)0.66% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.53% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.49% Sirkis (PV)0.44% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.31% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.27%	+8.01 pts	Right bloc	89.42%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)67.70% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.71% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.43% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)5.73% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.17% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.03% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.85% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	+64.51 pts	Right bloc	88.16%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(between rounds)·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.