# 2016 Várzea Branca Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Piauí](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi.md) / [Várzea Branca](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca.md), October 2, 2016 PSB won 2 of the 9 seats, with 21.1% of the vote. Seats: PSB 2, PP 2, PRB 1, PDT 1, PMDB 1, PROS 1, and PPL 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 744 | 21.1% | 2 | Elected | | Progressistas | 507 | 14.4% | 2 | Elected | | Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 451 | 12.8% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 334 | 9.5% | 1 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 318 | 9.0% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Social Democrático | 309 | 8.8% | | | | Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 302 | 8.6% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Popular Socialista | 218 | 6.2% | | | | Partido Pátria Livre | 190 | 5.4% | 1 | Elected | | Partido da República | 77 | 2.2% | | | | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 63 | 1.8% | | | | Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 5 | 0.1% | | | | Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1 | <0.1% | | | Valid votes: 3,519 Turnout: 93.6% (3,662 of 3,914 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Unidos com o Povo 2,407 votes, 7 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Raimundo Nonato Alves Paes Landim | PDT | 311 | Elected | | Clayton Fabrio Ribeiro da Silva | PRB | 303 | Elected | | Ivá Dias dos Reis | PP | 234 | Elected | | Gilberto Pereira dos Santos | PP | 207 | Elected | | Kleynston Luis Ribeiro de Negreiros | PSB | 192 | Elected | | Arnaldo Ribeiro Brasil | PROS | 170 | Elected | | Cleisan Pereira dos Santos | PSB | 170 | Elected | | Jesus Pereira da Silva | PRB | 138 | | | Joana da Mata Lima | PSB | 125 | | | Hildenir de Brito Santos | PROS | 116 | | | Raimundo Ferreira Paes | PSB | 104 | | | Leia Martins Ferreira dos Santos | PSB | 77 | | | Lourisvaldo de Brito | PSDB | 58 | | | Jesus Martins da Silva Reis | PRB | 5 | | | Graciela Paes Landim de Sousa | PSB | 1 | | ### Unidos para Reconstruir Várzea Branca 726 votes, 2 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Humberto Ferreira Dias | PMDB | 195 | Elected | | Gildemar Martins dos Reis | PPL | 185 | Elected | | Vilmar Ferreira Paes Dias | PPS | 112 | | | Fernanda dos Santos Costa | PPS | 96 | | | Rene Dias e Castro Costa | PMDB | 32 | | | João Victor da Mata Silva | PMDB | 14 | | | Alice de Sousa Paes Lima | PMDB | 13 | | | Ivoneide Ribeiro Dias | PMDB | 10 | | | Graciela Carneiro Soares | PMDB | 6 | | | Lucineide Sousa da Silva | PMDB | 6 | | | Cristiana Sousa Fernandes | PMDB | 3 | | | Luiz Claudio da Silva Carvalho | PMDB | 3 | | | Genivaldo da Silva Santos | PMDB | 2 | | | Elaine dos Santos Silva | PPS | 1 | | ### Varzea Branca em Boas Mãos 386 votes, 0 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Genival Ribeiro da Costa | PSD | 180 | | | Marcos Martins dos Reis | PSD | 92 | | | Carlos Giban Ferreira Barbosa | PR | 40 | | | Jailson Carmo dos Santos | PR | 33 | | | Maria do Amparo Dias Castro | PSD | 10 | | | Dagma Soares Antunes | PSD | 6 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Social Democrático, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Social Democrático, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Republicanos, Progressistas, Progressistas, Republicanos, Republicanos, Progressistas, Republicanos, Republicanos, Progressistas, Progressistas - October 2, 2016: list, list, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Republicanos, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Pátria Livre, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Republicano da Ordem Social - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Liberal, Avante, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Pátria Livre, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Republicanos - [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, list, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Avante, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Republicanos, Partido Liberal, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, list, Democratas, Progressistas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Cidadania - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Cidadania - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 2, 2016 - [Várzea Branca mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md) - [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2016-10-02-local.md) (11,125) ## Sources - [Resultados - 2016](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2016), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution ## On the ballot in Várzea Branca - [2016 Várzea Branca mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md) - 2016 Várzea Branca Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.json.