# 2020 Natal mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Natal](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal.md), November 15, 2020

Álvaro Costa Dias won with 56.6% of the vote, 42.2 points ahead of Jean Paul Terra Prates.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Álvaro Costa Dias | PSDB | 194,764 | 56.6% | Elected |
| Jean Paul Terra Prates | PT | 49,494 | 14.4% |  |
| Sérgio Fernando Leocádio Teixeira | PSL | 35,181 | 10.2% |  |
| Kelps de Oliveira Lima | SOLIDARIEDADE | 20,190 | 5.9% |  |
| Hermano da Costa Moraes | PSB | 11,626 | 3.4% |  |
| Helio Imbrosio Oliveira | PRTB | 9,398 | 2.7% |  |
| André Luiz Vieira de Azevedo | PSC | 6,530 | 1.9% |  |
| Afrânio Ferreira de Miranda Filho | PTN | 5,656 | 1.6% |  |
| Carlos Alberto Freire Medeiros | PV | 4,743 | 1.4% |  |
| Maria das Neves Valentim | PSOL | 3,959 | 1.2% |  |
| Fernando Carvalho de Freitas | PCdoB | 1,428 | 0.4% |  |
| Rosália Maria Fernandes | PSTU | 880 | 0.3% |  |
| Jaidy Oliveira de Sousa | DC | 373 | 0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 344,222

Turnout: 71.8% (402,957 of 560,929 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Paulo Eduardo da Costa Freire, 55.3%
- November 15, 2020: Álvaro Costa Dias, 56.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves, 63.4%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves, 58.3%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Micarla Araújo de Sousa Weber, 50.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves, 51.9%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Wilma Maria de Faria, 57.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Vilma Maria de Faria Meira, 51.7%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on November 15, 2020

- [Natal Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (11,129)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2020](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2020), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Natal

- 2020 Natal mayoral election
- [2020 Natal Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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