# 2016 Cantagalo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Cantagalo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo.md), October 2, 2016

Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula won with 69.1% of the vote, 38.2 points ahead of Paulo Vinicius Rocha de Oliveira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula | PP | 8,647 | 69.1% | Elected |
| Paulo Vinicius Rocha de Oliveira | PSDB | 3,870 | 30.9% |  |

Valid votes: 12,517

Turnout: 81.9% (13,494 of 16,471 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Emanuela Teixeira Silva, 44.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 53.8%
- October 2, 2016: Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 69.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Saulo Domingues Gouvea, 79.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 100.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 43.3%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Geraldo Pires Guimaraes, 41.8%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Wilder Sebastiao de Paula, 53.5%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 2, 2016

- [Cantagalo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.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 Cantagalo

- 2016 Cantagalo mayoral election
- [2016 Cantagalo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2016-10-02-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.json.