# 2016 Lajes municipal election

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

Turnout: 7,635 of 9,173 registered voters (83.2%). −4.3 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Marques Fernandes | PMDB | 3,938 | 55.8% | Elected |
| Joao Maria Pereira | PEN | 2,052 | 29.1% |  |
| Maria de Lourdes Silva de Arruda Morais | PSD | 747 | 10.6% |  |
| Sansao Gurgel | PPS | 315 | 4.5% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 28.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,039 | 28.2% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,396 | 19.3% | 3 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 621 | 8.6% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 556 | 7.7% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 548 | 7.6% |  |
| Podemos | 433 | 6.0% | 1 |
| Patriota | 398 | 5.5% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 290 | 4.0% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 261 | 3.6% |  |
| Partido Verde | 233 | 3.2% |  |
| Solidariedade | 148 | 2.0% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 123 | 1.7% |  |
| Partido da Mulher Brasileira | 73 | 1.0% |  |
| Progressistas | 57 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 51 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido da República | 6 | 0.1% |  |
| Democratas | 5 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 3 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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