# 2016 Brejinho mayoral election

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

Joao Batista Gomes Goncalves won with 59.9% of the vote, 24.1 points ahead of Ivete Matias Xavier.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joao Batista Gomes Goncalves | PMDB | 4,807 | 59.9% | Elected |
| Ivete Matias Xavier | PSD | 2,872 | 35.8% |  |
| José Ávila Lúcio Ribeiro | PROS | 348 | 4.3% |  |

Valid votes: 8,027

Turnout: 91.8% (8,575 of 9,337 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jeferson Rodolfo Gomes Costa, 74.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Joao Batista Gomes Goncalves, 96.7%
- October 2, 2016: Joao Batista Gomes Goncalves, 59.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Ivete Matias Xavier, 51.7%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Joao Batista Gomes Goncalves, 65.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joao Batista Gomes Goncalves, 64.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Ivanilde Matias Xavier Medeiros, 77.2%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Ivanilde Matias Xavier Medeiros, 44.9%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 2, 2016

- [Brejinho Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/brejinho/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2016-10-02-local.md) (11,125)

## Sources

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

## On the ballot in Brejinho

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

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