# 2016 Riacho da Cruz Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Riacho da Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz.md), October 2, 2016 Democratas won 6 of the 9 seats, with 61.0% of the vote. Seats: DEM 6, PMDB 2, and PSD 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Democratas | 1,564 | 61.0% | 6 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 726 | 28.3% | 2 | Elected | | Partido Social Democrático | 221 | 8.6% | 1 | Elected | | Partido da República | 47 | 1.8% | | | | Progressistas | 6 | 0.2% | | | Valid votes: 2,564 Turnout: 93.1% (2,663 of 2,859 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Vitória do Povo 1,617 votes, 6 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claudio Uberlane de Sá | DEM | 362 | Elected | | João Maria de Paiva Soares | DEM | 231 | Elected | | Gilson Amorim Junior | DEM | 230 | Elected | | Paulo Cesar de Amorim Alencar | DEM | 179 | Elected | | Cleomilson Paulo da Silva | DEM | 168 | Elected | | Ana Cristina Lucena Moura | DEM | 139 | Elected | | Francisco Giordano de Paiva Freitas | DEM | 136 | | | Francisco Junior Pereira Lima | PR | 32 | | | José das Chagas de Oliveira Neto | DEM | 24 | | | Jakeline Lopes Soares | DEM | 7 | | | Angela Maria da Costa Ferreira | DEM | 3 | | | Maria Iracema Rocha Soares | DEM | 0 | | ### Forte É o Povo 947 votes, 3 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Maria Irani de Oliveira | PSD | 218 | Elected | | Edmilson Cavalcante de Oliveira | PMDB | 199 | Elected | | Rillen Rossy Rocha Reges | PMDB | 146 | Elected | | Jackson Soares de Freitas | PMDB | 116 | | | Erivan Chagas de Oliveira | PMDB | 112 | | | Creuza Evangelista Gomes | PMDB | 56 | | | Claudivan Fernandes de Queiroz | PMDB | 42 | | | Jose Erenilson Sobrinho | PMDB | 8 | | | Francisca Gilcilange de Oliveira Freitas | PMDB | 1 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Progressistas - October 2, 2016: list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Social Democrático, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas - [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Verde, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Verde, Democratas, Partido Verde, Democratas - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 2, 2016 - [Riacho da Cruz mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2016-10-02-local/mayor.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 Riacho da Cruz - [2016 Riacho da Cruz mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md) - 2016 Riacho da Cruz Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.json.