MG · Montes Claros immediate region

São João da Ponte: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São João da Ponte with 78.80% of valid votes against 21.20% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 57.60 points, 54.03 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −60.44pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 22,991; 121th 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.

São João da Ponte−57.60 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)78.80% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.20%	−57.60 pts	Left bloc	71.10%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.70% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)21.03% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.69% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.74% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.61% Zema (NOVO)0.20% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−54.85 pts	Left bloc	69.39%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.05% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)18.95%	−62.10 pts	Left bloc	67.80%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.72% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)16.06% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.59% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.50% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.24% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−63.09 pts	Left bloc	66.97%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)80.24% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)19.76%	−60.48 pts	Left bloc	61.25%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)75.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)14.31% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.79% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.23% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.46% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.34% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.33% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.16% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	−64.47 pts	Left bloc	63.59%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)84.59% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.41%	−69.18 pts	Left bloc	64.85%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)82.50% Aécio Neves (PSDB)11.56% Marina Silva (PSB)5.44% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.21% +6 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−76.30 pts	Left bloc	66.38%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.14% José Serra (PSDB)18.86%	−62.27 pts	Left bloc	63.48%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)76.65% José Serra (PSDB)16.78% Marina Silva (PV)6.30% Plínio (PSOL)0.15% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−66.36 pts	Left bloc	66.26%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.20% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)22.80%	−54.41 pts	Left bloc	66.79%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.33% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.34% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.54% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.52% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04%	−40.78 pts	Left bloc	70.84%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)66.37% Lula (PT)33.63%	+32.73 pts	Right bloc	60.66%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)64.70% Lula (PT)27.21% Ciro (PPS)4.08% Garotinho (PSB)3.84% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	+29.40 pts	Right bloc	67.45%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)76.37% Lula (PT)9.80% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.43% Sirkis (PV)1.17% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.12% Enéas (PRONA)1.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.02% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.99% Eymael (PSDC)0.78% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.69% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.29% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.27%	+58.92 pts	Right bloc	64.94%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)69.31% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.05% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)11.71% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.28% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.55% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.28% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.11% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.71%	+73.34 pts	Right bloc	68.17%

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.