MG · Montes Claros immediate region

Japonvar: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Japonvar with 74.85% of valid votes against 25.15% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 49.69 points, 46.12 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −56.48pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,549; 353th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 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.

Japonvar−49.69 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)74.85% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.15%	−49.69 pts	Left bloc	75.23%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.59% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)25.08% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.39% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.97% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.85% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Samara (UP)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−46.03 pts	Left bloc	74.11%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)79.65% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)20.35%	−59.31 pts	Left bloc	72.51%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.86% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.04% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.15% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.48% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.33% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−58.79 pts	Left bloc	72.87%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.40% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.60%	−60.80 pts	Left bloc	65.48%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.68% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)13.61% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.52% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.53% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.12% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.60% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.44% Marina Silva (REDE)0.20% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.20% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% Eymael (DC)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−63.19 pts	Left bloc	67.49%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.48% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.52%	−68.97 pts	Left bloc	67.43%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)82.91% Aécio Neves (PSDB)11.86% Marina Silva (PSB)4.78% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.16% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.08% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−75.71 pts	Left bloc	68.24%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)85.47% José Serra (PSDB)14.53%	−70.94 pts	Left bloc	66.04%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.74% José Serra (PSDB)14.35% Marina Silva (PV)3.75% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Plínio (PSOL)0.04%	−71.17 pts	Left bloc	68.80%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)84.83% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.17%	−69.66 pts	Left bloc	70.01%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)77.61% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.11% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.65% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.54% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.05% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−61.60 pts	Left bloc	72.89%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)70.10% Lula (PT)29.90%	+40.20 pts	Right bloc	65.40%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)63.29% Lula (PT)22.48% Ciro (PPS)8.40% Garotinho (PSB)5.64% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	+26.57 pts	Right bloc	71.10%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)84.25% Lula (PT)6.16% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.75% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.10% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.82% Sirkis (PV)0.73% Enéas (PRONA)0.64% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.37% Eymael (PSDC)0.32% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.32% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.27% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.27%	+72.24 pts	Right bloc	68.71%

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.