# 2016 São Fernando municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [São Fernando](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/sao-fernando.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 3,118 of 3,288 registered voters (94.8%). −2.3 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of São Fernando](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/sao-fernando/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Polion Medeiros Maia | PR | 1,736 | 57.7% | Elected |
| Maria Goretti dos Santos Meira | PMDB | 1,273 | 42.3% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of São Fernando](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/sao-fernando/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Partido Comunista do Brasil won 3 of the 9 seats, with 22.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 684 | 22.5% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 306 | 10.0% |  |
| Progressistas | 305 | 10.0% | 1 |
| Democratas | 293 | 9.6% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 253 | 8.3% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 238 | 7.8% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 229 | 7.5% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 214 | 7.0% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 198 | 6.5% |  |
| Solidariedade | 143 | 4.7% | 1 |
| Patriota | 120 | 3.9% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 62 | 2.0% |  |

## Contests

- [2016 São Fernando mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/sao-fernando/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)
- [2016 São Fernando Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/sao-fernando/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/sao-fernando/2016-10-02-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/sao-fernando/2016-10-02-local.json.