# 2016 Itajá mayoral 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

Alaor Ferreira Pessoa Neto won with 56.4% of the vote, 12.7 points ahead of Francisca Mary da Cunha Medeiros.

| 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% |  |

Valid votes: 5,542

Turnout: 93.2% (5,783 of 6,206 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Joao Eudes Ferreira Filho, 53.6%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Alaor Ferreira Pessoa Neto, 65.5%
- October 2, 2016: Alaor Ferreira Pessoa Neto, 56.4%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Licelio Jackson Guimarães, 52.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Gilberto Eliomar Lopes, 53.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Lutércio Jackson Guimarães, 70.8%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Gilberto Eliomar Lopes, 60.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Gilberto Eliomar Lopes, 59.8%

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

- [Itajá Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/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 Itajá

- 2016 Itajá mayoral election
- [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/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/itaja/2016-10-02-local/mayor.json.