SC · Lages immediate region

São Joaquim: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won São Joaquim with 65.31% of valid votes against 34.69% for Lula: a margin of 30.63 points, 34.20 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +27.67pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 19,520; 59th 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.

São Joaquim+30.63 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)65.31% Lula (PT)34.69%	+30.63 pts	Right bloc	79.10%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)64.41% Lula (PT)26.94% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.18% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.98% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.11% Zema (NOVO)0.20% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01%	+39.51 pts	Right bloc	76.25%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)60.39% Lula (PT)39.61%	+20.77 pts	Right bloc	79.64%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)52.24% Lula (PT)38.25% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.55% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.71% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.62% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.51% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+19.97 pts	Right bloc	78.50%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)66.45% Fernando Haddad (PT)33.55%	+32.89 pts	Right bloc	78.40%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)54.31% Fernando Haddad (PT)22.98% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.04% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.78% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.62% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.90% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.95% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.53% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.39% Marina Silva (REDE)0.29% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06%	+40.85 pts	Right bloc	79.71%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)61.83% Dilma (PT)38.17%	+23.65 pts	Right bloc	82.75%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)59.24% Dilma (PT)35.15% Marina Silva (PSB)3.83% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.62% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.38% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.37% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+20.07 pts	Right bloc	84.37%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)68.67% Dilma (PT)31.33%	+37.33 pts	Right bloc	85.02%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)64.79% Dilma (PT)29.95% Marina Silva (PV)4.22% Plínio (PSOL)0.71% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	+30.03 pts	Right bloc	88.25%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)64.79% Lula (PT)35.21%	+29.58 pts	Right bloc	83.97%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)68.89% Lula (PT)24.86% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.08% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.74% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.20% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07%	+38.65 pts	Right bloc	86.35%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.17% José Serra (PSDB)41.83%	−16.34 pts	Left bloc	81.31%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.10% José Serra (PSDB)32.76% Garotinho (PSB)7.55% Ciro (PPS)6.64% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.88% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−34.48 pts	Left bloc	84.65%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)53.58% Lula (PT)27.07% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.08% Enéas (PRONA)3.27% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.63% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.47% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.45% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.43% Sirkis (PV)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.15% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.13%	+15.87 pts	Right bloc	81.65%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)36.51% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)29.19% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)15.73% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)10.83% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.98% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.64% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.63% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.49%	+65.25 pts	Right bloc	84.58%

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
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.