# 2016 Patu municipal election

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

Turnout: 8,458 of 9,532 registered voters (88.7%). −2.0 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rivelino Camara | PMDB | 4,165 | 51.4% | Elected |
| Thacio Queiroga Solano Vale | PSD | 3,936 | 48.6% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 34.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,839 | 34.7% | 3 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 1,777 | 21.7% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 653 | 8.0% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 566 | 6.9% | 1 |
| Democratas | 437 | 5.3% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 416 | 5.1% |  |
| Partido da República | 365 | 4.5% |  |
| Patriota | 341 | 4.2% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 175 | 2.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 159 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 141 | 1.7% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 109 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 99 | 1.2% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 77 | 0.9% |  |
| Podemos | 33 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 3 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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