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São João do Oriente: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São João do Oriente with 52.16% of valid votes against 47.84% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 4.33 points, 0.76 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −6.44pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,955; 428th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: Yes; Voted for the national winner in every runoff from 2002 to 2026.

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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 do Oriente−4.33 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)52.16% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)47.84%	−4.33 pts	Left bloc	79.90%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.32% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)47.13% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.95% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.39% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.67% Zema (NOVO)0.40% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00%	−0.77 pts	Left bloc	77.93%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.23% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)45.77%	−8.46 pts	Left bloc	75.10%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.48% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)41.95% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.48% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.30% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.51% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.20% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−11.64 pts	Left bloc	73.39%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)52.05% Fernando Haddad (PT)47.95%	+4.10 pts	Right bloc	76.10%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.00% Fernando Haddad (PT)41.34% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.55% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.85% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.03% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.76% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.52% Marina Silva (REDE)0.51% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.18% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.16% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+4.64 pts	Right bloc	78.29%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.20% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.80%	−32.41 pts	Left bloc	79.82%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)61.35% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.82% Marina Silva (PSB)12.68% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.39% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.33% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−49.35 pts	Left bloc	80.80%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)64.12% José Serra (PSDB)35.88%	−28.24 pts	Left bloc	80.90%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.19% José Serra (PSDB)31.24% Marina Silva (PV)12.28% Plínio (PSOL)0.16% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−37.47 pts	Left bloc	85.44%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.26% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.74%	−42.52 pts	Left bloc	73.36%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.74% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)36.13% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.22% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.66% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−27.23 pts	Left bloc	75.46%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.47% José Serra (PSDB)37.53%	−24.93 pts	Left bloc	73.19%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.17% Garotinho (PSB)23.33% José Serra (PSDB)18.45% Ciro (PPS)5.71% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.32% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−63.10 pts	Left bloc	76.84%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)61.24% Lula (PT)26.08% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.56% Enéas (PRONA)1.64% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.27% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.72% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.58% Sirkis (PV)0.55% Eymael (PSDC)0.46% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.40% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.26% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.26%	+28.52 pts	Right bloc	77.46%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)66.45% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)25.29% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.74% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.13% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.83% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.70% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.48% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.38%	+48.67 pts	Right bloc	80.56%

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
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(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.