# 2016 Japi mayoral 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

Jodoval Ferreira de Pontes won with 53.1% of the vote, 6.2 points ahead of Simone Fernandes da Silva.

| 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% |  |

Valid votes: 4,806

Turnout: 87.4% (4,995 of 5,712 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Simone Fernandes da Silva, 51.8%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Simone Fernandes da Silva, 54.2%
- October 2, 2016: Jodoval Ferreira de Pontes, 53.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Robson Vanderlei de Medeiros, 52.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Robson Vanderlei de Medeiros, 51.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Francisco Medeiros Sobrinho, 45.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Francisco Medeiros Sobrinho, 50.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Tarcísio Araújo de Medeiros, 52.9%

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

- [Japi Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/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 Japi

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