# 2024 Riachuelo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Riachuelo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo.md), October 6, 2024

João Basílio Neto won with 54.2% of the vote, 8.4 points ahead of Mara Lourdes Cavalcanti.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Basílio Neto | PTN | 3,374 | 54.2% | Elected |
| Mara Lourdes Cavalcanti | MDB | 2,851 | 45.8% |  |

Valid votes: 6,225

Turnout: 91.3% (6,394 of 7,004 registered)

## This race in other years

- October 6, 2024: João Basílio Neto, 54.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): João Basílio Neto, 65.2%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Mara Lourdes Cavalcanti, 53.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Mara Lourdes Cavalcanti, 61.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Paulo Bernardo de Andrade Júnior, 61.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Paulo Bernardo de Andrade Júnior, 61.9%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Marcílio Pessoa, 50.3%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jose Marcilio Pessoa, 51.3%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 6, 2024

- [Riachuelo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2024-10-06-local.md) (11,106)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2024](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2024), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Riachuelo

- 2024 Riachuelo mayoral election
- [2024 Riachuelo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2024-10-06-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riachuelo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.json.