# 2016 Rio Claro mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Rio Claro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro.md), October 2, 2016

Jose Osmar de Almeida won with 54.6% of the vote, 25.0 points ahead of Sebastião Inácio Rodrigues.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jose Osmar de Almeida | PR | 6,664 | 54.6% | Elected |
| Sebastião Inácio Rodrigues | PMDB | 3,619 | 29.7% |  |
| Daniel Pereira Barbosa | PSB | 1,914 | 15.7% |  |

Valid votes: 12,197

Turnout: 82.1% (12,811 of 15,609 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Babton da Silva Biondi, 75.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jose Osmar de Almeida, 58.1%
- October 2, 2016: Jose Osmar de Almeida, 54.6%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Raul Fonseca Machado, 56.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Raul Fonseca Machado, 59.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Didacio Jose de Moraes Penna, 47.2%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Didacio Jose de Moraes Penna, 52.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jose Carlos dos Santos Rocha, 50.7%

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

- [Rio Claro Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-claro/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 Rio Claro

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

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