# 2016 Rio do Fogo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Rio do Fogo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo.md), October 2, 2016

Laerte Ney de Paiva Fagundes won with 55.5% of the vote, 14.9 points ahead of Igor Guedes de Medeiros.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laerte Ney de Paiva Fagundes | DEM | 5,104 | 55.5% | Elected |
| Igor Guedes de Medeiros | PMDB | 3,732 | 40.6% |  |
| Tarcisio José Ribeiro de Lara Andrade | PSD | 360 | 3.9% |  |

Valid votes: 9,196

Turnout: 85.7% (9,573 of 11,164 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Marcio Luiz Pereira Barbosa, 66.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Marcio Luiz Pereira Barbosa, 47.5%
- October 2, 2016: Laerte Ney de Paiva Fagundes, 55.5%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Laerte Ney de Paiva Fagundes, 54.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Egidio Dantas de Medeiros Filho, 50.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Francisco das Chagas da Cruz, 41.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Tulio Antonio de Paiva Fagundes, 51.2%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Tulio Antonio de Paiva Fagundes, 37.2%

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

- [Rio do Fogo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/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 Rio do Fogo

- 2016 Rio do Fogo mayoral election
- [2016 Rio do Fogo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/rio-do-fogo/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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