# 2024 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), October 6, 2024

Paulo Eduardo da Costa Freire led with 44.1% of the vote, 15.6 points ahead of Natália Bastos Bonavides.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 6, 2024

- Paulo Eduardo da Costa Freire, 44.1% (Advanced)
- Natália Bastos Bonavides, 28.5% (Advanced)
- Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves, 24.0%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2024-10-27-runoff/mayor.md), October 27, 2024

- Paulo Eduardo da Costa Freire, 55.3% (Elected)
- Natália Bastos Bonavides, 44.7%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Eduardo da Costa Freire | UNIÃO | 171,146 | 44.1% | Advanced |
| Natália Bastos Bonavides | PT | 110,483 | 28.5% | Advanced |
| Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves | PSD | 93,013 | 24.0% |  |
| Rafael Huete da Motta | AVANTE | 12,532 | 3.2% |  |
| Fernando Antonio Soares dos Santos | PSTU | 651 | 0.2% |  |
| Heronildes Bezerra da Silva | PRTB | 461 | 0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 388,286

Turnout: 74.8% (430,453 of 575,629 registered)

## This race in other years

- October 6, 2024: Paulo Eduardo da Costa Freire, 55.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): 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 October 6, 2024

- [Natal Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2024-10-06-local.md) (11,106)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2024](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2024), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Natal

- 2024 Natal mayoral election
- [2024 Natal Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2024-10-06-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/natal/2024-10-06-local/mayor.json.