# 2016 Poço Branco mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Poço Branco](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco.md), October 2, 2016

Waldemar Horácio de Gois Neto won with 53.6% of the vote, 7.2 points ahead of Edi Carlos Alexandre de Souza Oliveira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waldemar Horácio de Gois Neto | DEM | 4,841 | 53.6% | Elected |
| Edi Carlos Alexandre de Souza Oliveira | PEN | 4,187 | 46.4% |  |

Valid votes: 9,028

Turnout: 87.5% (9,698 of 11,078 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Edi Carlos Alexandre de Souza Oliveira, 67.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Edi Carlos Alexandre de Souza Oliveira, 56.3%
- October 2, 2016: Waldemar Horácio de Gois Neto, 53.6%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Jose Mauricio de Menezes Filho, 50.1%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Jose Mauricio de Menezes Filho, 50.3%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Roberto Lucas de Araujo, 53.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): João Maria de Gois, 51.3%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Francisco Fernandes do Nascimento, 39.7%

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

- [Poço Branco Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/poco-branco/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 Poço Branco

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

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