MG · Pouso Alegre immediate region

Senador José Bento: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Senador José Bento with 59.15% of valid votes against 40.85% for Lula: a margin of 18.29 points, 21.86 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +21.68pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,482; 836th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 0; 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; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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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.

Senador José Bento+18.29 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	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)59.15% Lula (PT)40.85%	+18.29 pts	Right bloc	78.44%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)59.42% Lula (PT)34.40% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.13% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.08% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.60% Zema (NOVO)0.32% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	+27.05 pts	Right bloc	79.69%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.19% Lula (PT)40.81%	+18.37 pts	Right bloc	80.13%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)52.53% Lula (PT)40.25% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.70% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.00% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.71% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.65% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.12% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+15.39 pts	Right bloc	79.33%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)69.27% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.73%	+38.54 pts	Right bloc	78.78%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)58.01% Fernando Haddad (PT)22.82% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.77% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.22% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.28% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.70% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.30% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.30% Marina Silva (REDE)0.24% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.24% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+37.50 pts	Right bloc	82.24%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.47% Dilma (PT)45.53%	+8.93 pts	Right bloc	78.31%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.79% Aécio Neves (PSDB)43.27% Marina Silva (PSB)8.99% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.39% +4 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.22% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.11% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−12.67 pts	Left bloc	78.23%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.42% Dilma (PT)49.58%	+0.83 pts	Right bloc	76.61%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)43.37% Dilma (PT)43.11% Marina Silva (PV)12.16% Plínio (PSOL)1.11% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−13.13 pts	Left bloc	77.94%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)53.23% Lula (PT)46.77%	+6.46 pts	Right bloc	80.83%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)60.32% Lula (PT)35.10% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.88% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.47% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.22%	+21.09 pts	Right bloc	81.77%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.62% Lula (PT)48.38%	+3.24 pts	Right bloc	81.07%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)38.07% José Serra (PSDB)36.63% Garotinho (PSB)12.69% Ciro (PPS)11.68% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.93%	−26.73 pts	Left bloc	83.68%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)77.31% Lula (PT)10.98% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.92% Enéas (PRONA)2.12% +7 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.74% Sirkis (PV)0.55% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.37% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.28% Eymael (PSDC)0.28% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.18%	+60.70 pts	Right bloc	86.93%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)73.69% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.38% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.90% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.66% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.82% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.82% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.41% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.31%	+74.62 pts	Right bloc	91.40%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right 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.