MG · Belo Horizonte immediate region

São Joaquim de Bicas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Joaquim de Bicas with 53.85% of valid votes against 46.15% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 7.71 points, 4.14 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwingBellwether

Lean versus Brazil: −6.68pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 25,077; 110th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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 Joaquim de Bicas−7.71 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)53.85% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.15%	−7.71 pts	Left bloc	78.22%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.34% Lula (PT)45.33% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.26% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.52% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.61% Zema (NOVO)0.74% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02%	+0.53 pts	Right bloc	76.23%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)46.22%	−7.56 pts	Left bloc	79.46%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.13% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)40.48% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.82% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.43% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.54% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.44% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	−9.29 pts	Left bloc	78.59%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)52.62% Fernando Haddad (PT)47.38%	+5.25 pts	Right bloc	77.78%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.72% Fernando Haddad (PT)35.03% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.97% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.83% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.43% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.00% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.56% Marina Silva (REDE)1.16% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.61% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.51% Vera (PSTU)0.10% Eymael (DC)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+8.43 pts	Right bloc	78.42%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)63.13% Aécio Neves (PSDB)36.87%	−26.26 pts	Left bloc	78.21%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.94% Aécio Neves (PSDB)29.68% Marina Silva (PSB)13.63% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.23% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.76% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.30% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−37.47 pts	Left bloc	80.69%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)75.42% José Serra (PSDB)24.58%	−50.83 pts	Left bloc	78.91%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.01% Marina Silva (PV)18.01% José Serra (PSDB)16.07% Plínio (PSOL)0.52% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−67.53 pts	Left bloc	82.15%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.63% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.37%	−61.25 pts	Left bloc	80.90%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)67.41% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.00% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.81% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.56% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−45.56 pts	Left bloc	82.54%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.47% José Serra (PSDB)22.53%	−54.94 pts	Left bloc	82.08%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.13% Garotinho (PSB)16.11% José Serra (PSDB)15.34% Ciro (PPS)6.00% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.37% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−69.32 pts	Left bloc	84.25%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)43.69% Lula (PT)40.60% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.15% Enéas (PRONA)2.83% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.80% Eymael (PSDC)0.76% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.48% Sirkis (PV)0.46% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.44% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.36% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.34% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.10%	−3.61 pts	Left bloc	80.98%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(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.