# 2016 Arês municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Arez](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/arez.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 10,066 of 11,152 registered voters (90.3%). −1.9 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Arez](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/arez/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Antônio Bráulio da Cunha | PSD | 4,988 | 52.1% | Elected |
| Bergson Iduino de Oliveira | PMDB | 4,500 | 47.0% |  |
| Marinaldo Siqueira Bezerra | PCdoB | 90 | 0.9% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Arez](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/arez/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 30.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,934 | 30.4% | 3 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 1,701 | 17.7% | 2 |
| Democratas | 1,312 | 13.6% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 803 | 8.3% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 765 | 7.9% | 1 |
| Solidariedade | 532 | 5.5% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 399 | 4.1% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 396 | 4.1% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 250 | 2.6% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 194 | 2.0% |  |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 162 | 1.7% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 125 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 41 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 23 | 0.2% |  |

## Contests

- [2016 Arês mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/arez/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)
- [2016 Arês Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/arez/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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