# 2016 Mossoró mayoral election

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

Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado won with 51.1% of the vote, 11.7 points ahead of Sebastião Filgueira do Couto.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado | PP | 67,476 | 51.1% | Elected |
| Sebastião Filgueira do Couto | PSDB | 51,990 | 39.4% |  |
| Gutemberg Henrique Dias | PCdoB | 11,152 | 8.4% |  |
| Josué de Oliveira Moreira | PSDC | 1,370 | 1.0% |  |

Valid votes: 131,988

Turnout: 86.4% (144,413 of 167,120 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Allyson Leandro Bezerra Silva, 78.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Allyson Leandro Bezerra Silva, 47.5%
- October 2, 2016: Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado, 51.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Cláudia Regina Freire de Azevedo, 50.9%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Maria de Fatima Rosado Nogueira, 53.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Maria de Fatima Rosado Nogueira, 49.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado, 54.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado, 62.6%

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

- [Mossoró Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/mossoro/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 Mossoró

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

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