# 2016 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election, second round

[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 30, 2016

Marcelo Bezerra Crivella won with 59.4% of the vote, 18.7 points ahead of Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md), October 2, 2016

- Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 27.8% (Advanced)
- Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo, 18.2% (Advanced)
- Pedro Paulo Carvalho Teixeira, 16.1%

### Second round, October 30, 2016

- Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 59.4% (Elected)
- Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo, 40.6%

| 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% |  |

Valid votes: 2,863,692

Turnout: 73.2% (3,583,094 of 4,898,044 registered)

## This race in other years

- [November 29, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.1%
- October 30, 2016: Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 59.4%
- [October 26, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 50.8%
- [October 29, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2000-10-29-runoff/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 51.1%
- [November 15, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/1996-11-15-runoff/mayor.md): Luiz Paulo Fernandez Conde, 62.2%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 30, 2016

- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2016-10-02-local.md) (56)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2016](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2016), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.json.