SC · Joaçaba - Herval d'Oeste immediate region

Joaçaba: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Joaçaba with 72.83% of valid votes against 27.17% for Lula: a margin of 45.67 points, 49.24 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +47.80pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 22,373; 52th largest electorate in Santa Catarina
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
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.

Joaçaba+45.67 pts
Santa Catarina+38.84 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)72.83% Lula (PT)27.17%	+45.67 pts	Right bloc	82.60%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)70.20% Lula (PT)22.01% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.83% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.51% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.95% Zema (NOVO)0.31% Samara (UP)0.09% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	+50.03 pts	Right bloc	80.57%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)72.55% Lula (PT)27.45%	+45.09 pts	Right bloc	82.18%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)64.99% Lula (PT)26.30% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.08% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.07% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.92% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.52% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+43.22 pts	Right bloc	80.97%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)78.67% Fernando Haddad (PT)21.33%	+57.34 pts	Right bloc	80.83%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)68.33% Fernando Haddad (PT)12.28% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.96% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.86% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)4.15% Alvaro Dias (PODE)1.76% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.20% Marina Silva (REDE)0.51% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.50% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.37% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+61.41 pts	Right bloc	81.54%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)71.44% Dilma (PT)28.56%	+42.88 pts	Right bloc	81.09%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)63.58% Dilma (PT)25.10% Marina Silva (PSB)8.80% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.89% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.62% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.48% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.39% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01%	+29.09 pts	Right bloc	82.45%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)61.61% Dilma (PT)38.39%	+23.21 pts	Right bloc	80.94%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)52.10% Dilma (PT)33.05% Marina Silva (PV)13.28% Plínio (PSOL)1.30% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	+4.57 pts	Right bloc	84.29%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)54.76% Lula (PT)45.24%	+9.52 pts	Right bloc	83.16%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)55.44% Lula (PT)33.43% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)5.95% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.92% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.19% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	+11.38 pts	Right bloc	84.52%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.50% José Serra (PSDB)37.50%	−24.99 pts	Left bloc	83.48%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.47% José Serra (PSDB)27.52% Garotinho (PSB)8.62% Ciro (PPS)6.81% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.53% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−44.97 pts	Left bloc	85.38%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)43.73% Lula (PT)32.64% Ciro Gomes (PPS)18.68% Enéas (PRONA)2.58% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.63% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.42% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.36% Eymael (PSDC)0.26% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.26% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.11%	−5.75 pts	Left bloc	84.73%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)28.84% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)24.61% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)22.36% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)10.40% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)8.49% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)4.63% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.35% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.33%	+41.53 pts	Right bloc	88.11%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(Round 2)·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.