# 2020 São Gonçalo municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [São Gonçalo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo.md), November 15, 2020

Turnout: 466,124 of 663,833 registered voters (70.2%). −8.1 points since 2016.

## [Mayor of São Gonçalo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nelson Ruas dos Santos | AVANTE | 189,719 | 50.8% | Elected |
| Dimas de Paiva Gadelha Junior | PT | 183,811 | 49.2% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of São Gonçalo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Avante won 3 of the 27 seats, with 9.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avante | 31,897 | 9.0% | 3 |
| Cidadania | 31,340 | 8.8% | 3 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 24,345 | 6.9% | 2 |
| Partido Liberal | 23,474 | 6.6% | 2 |
| Republicanos | 20,573 | 5.8% | 2 |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 20,289 | 5.7% | 2 |
| Partido Verde | 18,315 | 5.2% | 2 |
| Partido Social Liberal | 17,206 | 4.8% | 2 |
| Solidariedade | 16,419 | 4.6% | 1 |
| Podemos | 13,126 | 3.7% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 12,881 | 3.6% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 12,258 | 3.5% | 1 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 11,433 | 3.2% | 1 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 11,358 | 3.2% |  |
| Partido da Mulher Brasileira | 11,308 | 3.2% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 10,728 | 3.0% | 1 |
| Patriota | 10,110 | 2.8% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 9,719 | 2.7% | 1 |
| Democratas | 8,562 | 2.4% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 8,417 | 2.4% |  |
| Rede Sustentabilidade | 6,673 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 6,186 | 1.7% |  |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 5,704 | 1.6% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 5,206 | 1.5% |  |
| Democracia Cristã | 4,000 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 3,224 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado | 298 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido da Causa Operária | 28 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2020 São Gonçalo mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md)
- [2020 São Gonçalo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

## Elections held within this one

- [2020 São Gonçalo municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-29-runoff.md), November 29, 2020

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-15-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-15-local.json.