# 2016 Cruzeta municipal election

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

Turnout: 6,317 of 7,224 registered voters (87.4%). −2.6 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Sally de Araújo | PSD | 3,284 | 53.8% | Elected |
| Elismaria Catarina Pinto | PMDB | 2,823 | 46.2% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 42.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,576 | 42.0% | 4 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 966 | 15.8% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 844 | 13.8% | 1 |
| Podemos | 530 | 8.6% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 475 | 7.7% | 1 |
| Solidariedade | 432 | 7.0% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 119 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 95 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 83 | 1.4% |  |
| Partido Verde | 10 | 0.2% |  |
| Democratas | 2 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/cruzeta/2016-10-02-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/cruzeta/2016-10-02-local.json.