# 2020 São João de Meriti municipal election

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

Turnout: 282,864 of 376,989 registered voters (75.0%). −4.2 points since 2016.

## [Mayor of São João de Meriti](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-joao-de-meriti/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.md)

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Ferreira Neto | DEM | 122,151 | 56.8% | Elected |
| Leonardo Vieira Mendes | PSC | 92,788 | 43.2% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of São João de Meriti](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-joao-de-meriti/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Democratas won 3 of the 21 seats, with 9.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratas | 24,527 | 9.7% | 3 |
| Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 23,045 | 9.1% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 20,085 | 8.0% | 2 |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 18,873 | 7.5% | 2 |
| Partido Verde | 17,294 | 6.9% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 17,255 | 6.8% | 2 |
| Democracia Cristã | 16,832 | 6.7% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 15,810 | 6.3% | 2 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 14,681 | 5.8% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 11,663 | 4.6% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 11,254 | 4.5% | 1 |
| Republicanos | 10,861 | 4.3% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 7,597 | 3.0% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 7,560 | 3.0% |  |
| Partido Liberal | 6,359 | 2.5% |  |
| Solidariedade | 6,202 | 2.5% |  |
| Patriota | 5,517 | 2.2% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 4,858 | 1.9% |  |
| Podemos | 3,743 | 1.5% |  |
| Rede Sustentabilidade | 2,952 | 1.2% |  |
| Partido da Mulher Brasileira | 2,514 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 888 | 0.4% |  |
| Avante | 713 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 621 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 587 | 0.2% |  |

## Contests

- [2020 São João de Meriti mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-joao-de-meriti/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md)
- [2020 São João de Meriti Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-joao-de-meriti/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

## Elections held within this one

- [2020 São João de Meriti municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-joao-de-meriti/2020-11-29-runoff.md), November 29, 2020

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