# 2016 Portalegre mayoral election

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

Manoel de Freitas Neto won with 58.3% of the vote, 17.3 points ahead of Antonio Nunes Rêgo.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manoel de Freitas Neto | PP | 2,971 | 58.3% | Elected |
| Antonio Nunes Rêgo | DEM | 2,087 | 40.9% |  |
| José Neto da Silva | PCdoB | 42 | 0.8% |  |

Valid votes: 5,100

Turnout: 85.4% (5,460 of 6,394 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jose Augusto de Freitas Rego, 71.7%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jose Augusto de Freitas Rego, 51.4%
- October 2, 2016: Manoel de Freitas Neto, 58.3%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Manoel de Freitas Neto, 54.0%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Euclides Pereira de Souza, 100.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Euclides Pereira de Souza, 54.7%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Manoel de Freitas Neto, 53.4%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Euclides Pereira de Souza, 52.2%

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

- [Portalegre Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/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 Portalegre

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

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