# 2016 Ruy Barbosa Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Ruy Barbosa](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa.md), October 2, 2016 Solidariedade won 3 of the 9 seats, with 29.0% of the vote. Seats: SD 3, PSD 2, PMDB 2, PP 1, and PSB 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Solidariedade | 968 | 29.0% | 3 | Elected | | Partido Social Democrático | 786 | 23.5% | 2 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 736 | 22.0% | 2 | Elected | | Progressistas | 295 | 8.8% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 221 | 6.6% | 1 | Elected | | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 147 | 4.4% | | | | Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 122 | 3.7% | | | | Partido Comunista do Brasil | 63 | 1.9% | | | Valid votes: 3,338 Turnout: 93.1% (3,435 of 3,688 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Ruy Barbosa Não Pode Parar 1,953 votes, 5 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Arcuire Belarmino da Silva | PMDB | 353 | Elected | | Izaquiel Frederico Santos Dantas | PSD | 285 | Elected | | Denice Soares Barbosa | PMDB | 218 | Elected | | Maria Crislania Ferreira dos Santos de Medeiros | PSD | 165 | Elected | | Audi Ambrósio da Silva | PSB | 156 | Elected | | Gilberto Gonzaga de Souza | PMDB | 145 | | | Rosenildo de Moura Barbosa | PSDB | 143 | | | Marlon Nunes da Silva | PSD | 129 | | | Jose Oliveira da Silva | PSD | 88 | | | Jose Fabio de Lima | PSB | 60 | | | Manoel Gilberto Vitorino | PCdoB | 60 | | | Irineu Linhares Filho | PSD | 42 | | | Maria da Glória de Souza | PSD | 21 | | | Mercia Leite Gondim | PSD | 4 | | | Isabel Fernanda Margareth Vitorino | PCdoB | 1 | | | Joao Tomaz da Costa | PSD | 1 | | ### Liberdade para Mudar 1,385 votes, 4 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Zarur Barbosa Dias | SD | 282 | Elected | | Francisca Eliene de Moura Macedo | SD | 252 | Elected | | José Bomfim Fontes | SD | 245 | Elected | | Jose Nivaldo Rodrigues da Silva | PP | 237 | Elected | | Francisco Andre de Lima | PROS | 122 | | | Ismael Andre dos Santos Silva | SD | 119 | | | Maria Luiza Alves Rodrigues Caetano | SD | 51 | | | Rosinalva Gomes de Brito Silva | PP | 4 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Liberal, União Brasil, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Avante, União Brasil, União Brasil, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, União Brasil, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Avante - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Solidariedade, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Solidariedade, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - October 2, 2016: list, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Social Democrático, Solidariedade, Solidariedade, Solidariedade, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Socialista Brasileiro - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas - [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 2, 2016 - [Ruy Barbosa mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/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 Ruy Barbosa - [2016 Ruy Barbosa mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md) - 2016 Ruy Barbosa Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ruy-barbosa/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.json.