MG · Guanhães immediate region

São José do Jacuri: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São José do Jacuri with 65.45% of valid votes against 34.55% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 30.90 points, 27.33 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −33.29pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,251; 568th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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 José do Jacuri−30.90 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)65.45% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.55%	−30.90 pts	Left bloc	77.91%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.34% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)33.82% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.85% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.23% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.10% Zema (NOVO)0.44% Samara (UP)0.14% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−26.77 pts	Left bloc	75.25%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.01%	−41.98 pts	Left bloc	74.70%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)68.62% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.54% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.69% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.93% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.56% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.36% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−41.48 pts	Left bloc	72.84%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)65.97% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.03%	−31.94 pts	Left bloc	68.35%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.96% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.51% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.93% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.93% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.12% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.06% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.56% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.40% Marina Silva (REDE)0.31% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.12% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−20.78 pts	Left bloc	70.80%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)60.95% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.05%	−21.90 pts	Left bloc	72.63%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)60.51% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.36% Marina Silva (PSB)5.63% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.16% +4 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.12% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.06%	−32.96 pts	Left bloc	73.06%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)69.81% José Serra (PSDB)30.19%	−39.61 pts	Left bloc	74.08%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)65.32% José Serra (PSDB)27.72% Marina Silva (PV)6.37% Plínio (PSOL)0.29% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.22% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10%	−44.38 pts	Left bloc	77.95%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)72.90% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)27.10%	−45.81 pts	Left bloc	66.96%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.18% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)38.56% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.18% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.75% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.20% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.13%	−22.22 pts	Left bloc	71.25%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.85% José Serra (PSDB)44.15%	−11.70 pts	Left bloc	63.62%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)41.29% Lula (PT)36.74% Garotinho (PSB)10.92% Ciro (PPS)10.04% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.93% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.09%	−17.42 pts	Left bloc	69.29%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)75.68% Lula (PT)10.98% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.42% Enéas (PRONA)1.52% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.44% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.93% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.76% Sirkis (PV)0.72% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.55% Eymael (PSDC)0.55% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.30% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.17%	+57.94 pts	Right bloc	70.72%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)77.29% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.94% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.08% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.08% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.41% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.00% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.71% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.50%	+73.13 pts	Right bloc	70.04%

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
2002(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.