# 2020 Pureza mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Pureza](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza.md), November 15, 2020

Joao da Fonseca Moura Neto won with 55.0% of the vote, 11.7 points ahead of Ricardo Santos de Brito.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joao da Fonseca Moura Neto | DEM | 3,539 | 55.0% | Elected |
| Ricardo Santos de Brito | PL | 2,790 | 43.4% |  |
| Leonardo Inacio de Lima | PSOL | 100 | 1.6% |  |

Valid votes: 6,429

Turnout: 88.3% (6,740 of 7,635 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Ricardo Santos de Brito, 52.6%
- November 15, 2020: Joao da Fonseca Moura Neto, 55.0%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Joao da Fonseca Moura Neto, 40.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Maria Conceicao da Costa Fonseca, 52.9%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Soráya Café de Melo Santana, 41.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joao da Fonseca Moura Neto, 55.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Henrique Eufrasio de Santana Junior, 52.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Henrique Eufrasio de Santana Junior, 56.3%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on November 15, 2020

- [Pureza Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (11,129)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2020](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2020), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Pureza

- 2020 Pureza mayoral election
- [2020 Pureza Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pureza/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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