MG · São João del Rei immediate region

São Tiago: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São Tiago with 50.64% of valid votes against 49.36% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 1.29 points, 2.28 points right of Brazil.

Lean rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +3.44pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 9,397; 321th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 2 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2018.

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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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 Tiago−1.29 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)50.64% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)49.36%	−1.29 pts	Left bloc	82.15%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.39% Lula (PT)41.29% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)4.65% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.33% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.91% Zema (NOVO)1.09% Samara (UP)0.11% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.10% Clariana Barao (DC)0.09% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00%	+7.67 pts	Right bloc	80.87%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.73% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)46.27%	−7.45 pts	Left bloc	82.20%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.94% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.44% Simone Tebet (MDB)8.35% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.53% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.81% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.80% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−7.03 pts	Left bloc	81.74%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)57.27% Fernando Haddad (PT)42.73%	+14.54 pts	Right bloc	80.53%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)40.15% Fernando Haddad (PT)18.46% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.78% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)15.43% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)4.52% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.12% Marina Silva (REDE)1.04% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.68% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.46% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.26% Vera (PSTU)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+23.86 pts	Right bloc	81.97%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)65.16% Dilma (PT)34.84%	+30.32 pts	Right bloc	82.68%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)64.21% Dilma (PT)27.07% Marina Silva (PSB)6.42% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.19% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.47% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.26% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03%	+29.51 pts	Right bloc	83.93%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.73% Dilma (PT)45.27%	+9.46 pts	Right bloc	82.52%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)47.83% Dilma (PT)36.96% Marina Silva (PV)14.31% Plínio (PSOL)0.58% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−4.06 pts	Left bloc	82.56%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.92% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.08%	−7.83 pts	Left bloc	81.31%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)51.30% Lula (PT)38.41% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.59% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.26% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.30% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.10% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	+3.48 pts	Right bloc	83.19%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.02% Lula (PT)45.98%	+8.04 pts	Right bloc	83.67%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)45.05% Lula (PT)39.19% Ciro (PPS)9.67% Garotinho (PSB)4.97% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−9.90 pts	Left bloc	86.97%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)55.68% Lula (PT)25.52% Ciro Gomes (PPS)11.30% Enéas (PRONA)3.80% +8 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.61% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.59% Sirkis (PV)0.53% Eymael (PSDC)0.51% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.51% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.49% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.34% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.14%	+21.92 pts	Right bloc	86.58%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)68.52% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)16.38% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.40% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)5.19% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.14% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.53% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.45% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.40%	+66.35 pts	Right bloc	90.80%

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
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(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.