# 2016 Jaçanã mayoral election

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

Oton Mário de Araújo Costa won with 49.5% of the vote, 4.9 points ahead of Josefa Joedia da Silva Farias.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oton Mário de Araújo Costa | PSOL | 2,494 | 49.5% | Elected |
| Josefa Joedia da Silva Farias | PR | 2,247 | 44.6% |  |
| Alessandra Medeiros Silva | PSD | 300 | 6.0% |  |

Valid votes: 5,041

Turnout: 82.9% (5,300 of 6,393 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Uady Antônio de Farias, 57.6%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Uady Antônio de Farias, 57.3%
- October 2, 2016: Oton Mário de Araújo Costa, 49.5%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Esdras Fernandes Farias, 65.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Uady Antônio de Farias, 58.4%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Uady Antônio de Farias, 63.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Orlando de Vasconcelos Silva, 52.3%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jose Farias da Costa, 41.9%

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

- [Jaçanã Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/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 Jaçanã

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

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