# 2016 Rio de Janeiro municipal election

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

Turnout: 3,708,857 of 4,898,044 registered voters (75.7%). −3.8 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marcelo Bezerra Crivella | PRB | 1,700,030 | 59.4% | Elected |
| Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo | PSOL | 1,163,662 | 40.6% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 10 of the 51 seats, with 16.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 480,442 | 16.4% | 10 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 283,648 | 9.7% | 6 |
| Democratas | 211,000 | 7.2% | 4 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 186,915 | 6.4% | 3 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 179,637 | 6.1% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 148,698 | 5.1% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 130,783 | 4.5% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 129,918 | 4.4% | 3 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 110,674 | 3.8% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 102,635 | 3.5% | 2 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 93,968 | 3.2% | 2 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 92,945 | 3.2% | 2 |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 88,395 | 3.0% | 2 |
| Partido Novo | 87,989 | 3.0% | 1 |
| Solidariedade | 83,175 | 2.8% | 2 |
| Podemos | 77,894 | 2.7% | 1 |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 61,602 | 2.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 58,015 | 2.0% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 42,207 | 1.4% |  |
| Rede Sustentabilidade | 40,389 | 1.4% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 32,544 | 1.1% |  |
| Patriota | 31,602 | 1.1% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 27,176 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 25,394 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido da Mulher Brasileira | 24,928 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 20,267 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 18,473 | 0.6% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 13,157 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 12,018 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 10,083 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Verde | 9,886 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Pátria Livre | 4,053 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Comunista Brasileiro | 3,488 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado | 3,247 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido da Causa Operária | 442 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

- [2016 Rio de Janeiro municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-30-runoff.md), October 30, 2016

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