# 2016 Mesquita municipal election

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

Turnout: 110,936 of 137,325 registered voters (80.8%). −2.9 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Mesquita](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/mesquita/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jorge Lucio Ferreira Miranda | PSDB | 46,322 | 49.9% | Elected |
| Rogelson Sanches Fontoura | PRB | 40,865 | 44.0% |  |
| Artur Messias da Silveira | PT | 5,628 | 6.1% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Mesquita](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/mesquita/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 2 of the 12 seats, with 13.3% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 12,922 | 13.3% | 2 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 11,649 | 12.0% | 2 |
| Solidariedade | 9,260 | 9.5% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 8,838 | 9.1% | 2 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 8,101 | 8.3% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 7,676 | 7.9% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 6,673 | 6.9% | 2 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 6,431 | 6.6% |  |
| Patriota | 4,624 | 4.8% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 4,306 | 4.4% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 2,685 | 2.8% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 2,088 | 2.2% | 1 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 2,065 | 2.1% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1,972 | 2.0% |  |
| Partido da Mulher Brasileira | 1,928 | 2.0% |  |
| Democratas | 1,032 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido da República | 994 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 840 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 776 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 622 | 0.6% |  |
| Partido Pátria Livre | 490 | 0.5% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 381 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 360 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Verde | 176 | 0.2% |  |
| Podemos | 151 | 0.2% |  |

## Contests

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

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