MG · Montes Claros immediate region

Joaquim Felício: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Joaquim Felício with 55.88% of valid votes against 44.12% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 11.76 points, 8.19 points left of Brazil.

Likely left

Lean versus Brazil: −12.53pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 3,757; 726th 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.

Joaquim Felício−11.76 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)55.88% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.12%	−11.76 pts	Left bloc	69.63%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.23% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)43.83% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.54% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.39% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.23% Zema (NOVO)0.57% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.12% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−5.70 pts	Left bloc	68.80%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.18% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.82%	−14.36 pts	Left bloc	71.31%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.74% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.34% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.09% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.17% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.23% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.34% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−15.91 pts	Left bloc	70.62%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)55.90% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)44.10%	−11.81 pts	Left bloc	67.47%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)42.54% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.25% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.89% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.51% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.65% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.61% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.47% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.42% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.33% Marina Silva (REDE)0.28% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	−4.19 pts	Left bloc	70.96%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)57.04% Aécio Neves (PSDB)42.96%	−14.08 pts	Left bloc	63.18%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.70% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.82% Marina Silva (PSB)6.59% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.31% +4 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.26% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.18% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.09% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.04%	−19.21 pts	Left bloc	67.67%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)61.54% José Serra (PSDB)38.46%	−23.08 pts	Left bloc	64.62%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.80% José Serra (PSDB)33.55% Marina Silva (PV)10.01% Plínio (PSOL)0.37% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.18% Eymael (PSDC)0.09%	−32.72 pts	Left bloc	68.76%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.80% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.20%	−33.61 pts	Left bloc	69.64%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.89% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.28% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.06% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.23%	−23.77 pts	Left bloc	73.63%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.02% José Serra (PSDB)43.98%	−12.04 pts	Left bloc	82.14%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.59% José Serra (PSDB)32.27% Ciro (PPS)8.65% Garotinho (PSB)8.32% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−35.46 pts	Left bloc	87.68%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)71.28% Lula (PT)12.80% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.41% Enéas (PRONA)1.47% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.80% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.73% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.67% Sirkis (PV)0.61% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.37% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.31% Eymael (PSDC)0.31% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.24%	+47.95 pts	Right bloc	64.05%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)82.45% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)8.43% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.92% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.75% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.32% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.80% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.75% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.57%	+80.50 pts	Right bloc	73.82%

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

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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.