# 2016 Pedro Velho mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Pedro Velho](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho.md), October 2, 2016

Patricia Peixoto Targino won with 58.5% of the vote, 17.0 points ahead of Jose Marques de Oliveira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Patricia Peixoto Targino | PMDB | 5,531 | 58.5% | Elected |
| Jose Marques de Oliveira | PSD | 3,920 | 41.5% |  |

Valid votes: 9,451

Turnout: 80.2% (10,072 of 12,557 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Pedro Gomes da Silva Júnior, 53.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Dejerlane Macedo, 48.9%
- October 2, 2016: Patricia Peixoto Targino, 58.5%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Jose Marques de Oliveira, 50.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Elizeu Jalmir de Macedo, 49.4%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Elizeu Jalmir de Macedo, 52.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Lenivaldo Brasil Fernandes, 48.6%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Lenivaldo Brasil Fernandes, 48.3%

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

- [Pedro Velho Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pedro-velho/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 Pedro Velho

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

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