# 2016 Jaçanã Municipal Chamber 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

Partido da República won 4 of the 9 seats, with 41.7% of the vote.

Seats: PR 4, PSD 1, DEM 1, PMDB 1, PDT 1, and PRB 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido da República | 2,112 | 41.7% | 4 | Elected |
| Partido Social Democrático | 726 | 14.3% | 1 | Elected |
| Democratas | 459 | 9.1% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 372 | 7.3% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 354 | 7.0% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 282 | 5.6% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 201 | 4.0% |  |  |
| Solidariedade | 181 | 3.6% |  |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 132 | 2.6% |  |  |
| Progressistas | 94 | 1.9% |  |  |
| Partido Verde | 90 | 1.8% |  |  |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 55 | 1.1% |  |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 4 | 0.1% |  |  |

Valid votes: 5,062

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

## Candidates by list

9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes

### Unidos por Jaçanã

2,647 votes, 5 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reginaldo Silva de Araújo | PR | 459 | Elected |
| Francisco de Assis Candido da Silva | PDT | 319 | Elected |
| Roberio José da Costa | PR | 301 | Elected |
| Antonio Firmino de Souto | PR | 270 | Elected |
| Francisco Donizete de Oliveira | PR | 246 | Elected |
| João Fabiano de Medeiros | PR | 245 |  |
| Manoel Araújo Cândido | PR | 238 |  |
| Selma Soares da Silva | PR | 182 |  |
| Luiz Antônio Lopes Silva | SD | 159 |  |
| Erivaldo Souza dos Santos | PR | 31 |  |
| Maria das Dores de Souza | SD | 17 |  |
| Cicera Priscilla Candido da Silva | PR | 1 |  |
| Josefa de Oliveira | PR | 0 |  |

### Em Defesa de Jaçanã

2,270 votes, 4 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Riane Guedes de Oliveira | DEM | 446 | Elected |
| Jose Gelzo Nascimento dos Santos | PMDB | 367 | Elected |
| Geraldo Abdias da Silva Filho | PRB | 277 | Elected |
| Edinaldo Martins Oliveira | PSD | 217 | Elected |
| Damião de Souto Brito | PSD | 215 |  |
| Ednaldo da Silva Araújo | PSD | 214 |  |
| Damiao Ivo de Araujo | PSB | 194 |  |
| Pedro Victor Costa de Medeiros | PSDB | 129 |  |
| Alain Dawison de Oliveira | PP | 80 |  |
| Ivanilda Fernandes Dantas | PSD | 51 |  |
| Kelly Cristina Silva | PPS | 0 |  |
| Lires Leia Paulo | PP | 0 |  |

### A Hora da Mudança

145 votes, 0 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eduardo Domingos da Silva | PV | 88 |  |

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): União Brasil, Podemos, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Podemos, União Brasil, União Brasil, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, União Brasil, União Brasil, Podemos, Podemos, Partido Socialista Brasileiro
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Progressistas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade, Progressistas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
- October 2, 2016: list, list, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Partido Liberal, Republicanos, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Partido Social Democrático
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Liberal, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Liberal
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Mobilização Nacional, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Mobilização Nacional, Democratas, Partido Liberal
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, list, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Progressistas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Progressistas, Partido Liberal
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jacana/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Partido Liberal, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Liberal

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

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

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