# 2016 Japi municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,995 of 5,712 registered voters (87.4%). +0.38 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jodoval Ferreira de Pontes | PMDB | 2,552 | 53.1% | Elected |
| Simone Fernandes da Silva | PR | 2,254 | 46.9% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 19.3% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido da República | 1,241 | 25.6% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 937 | 19.3% | 3 |
| Podemos | 622 | 12.8% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 442 | 9.1% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 374 | 7.7% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 286 | 5.9% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 216 | 4.5% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 201 | 4.1% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 196 | 4.0% |  |
| Partido Verde | 171 | 3.5% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 89 | 1.8% |  |
| Democratas | 52 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 17 | 0.4% |  |
| Patriota | 3 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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