# 2016 Itajá municipal election

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

Turnout: 5,783 of 6,206 registered voters (93.2%). +2.2 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alaor Ferreira Pessoa Neto | PSD | 3,124 | 56.4% | Elected |
| Francisca Mary da Cunha Medeiros | PMDB | 2,418 | 43.6% |  |

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

PMDB won 2 of the 9 seats, with 19.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,080 | 19.2% | 2 |
| Partido da República | 940 | 16.7% | 2 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 932 | 16.6% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 738 | 13.1% | 1 |
| Democratas | 597 | 10.6% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 430 | 7.6% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 392 | 7.0% |  |
| Podemos | 342 | 6.1% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 177 | 3.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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