# 2016 Serra de São Bento mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Serra de São Bento](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento.md), October 2, 2016

Wanessa Gomes de Morais won with 58.0% of the vote, 16.0 points ahead of Emanuel Faustino da Silva.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wanessa Gomes de Morais | PMDB | 2,728 | 58.0% | Elected |
| Emanuel Faustino da Silva | PSD | 1,975 | 42.0% |  |

Valid votes: 4,703

Turnout: 86.1% (4,946 of 5,742 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Helena Maria Oliveira de Morais, 54.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Wanessa Gomes de Morais, 55.3%
- October 2, 2016: Wanessa Gomes de Morais, 58.0%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Emanuel Faustino da Silva, 54.1%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Francisco Erasmo de Morais, 72.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Francisco Erasmo de Morais, 53.8%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Ionas Carvalho de Araujo Filho, 54.4%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Ionas Carvalho de Araujo Filho, 56.6%

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

- [Serra de São Bento Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/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 Serra de São Bento

- 2016 Serra de São Bento mayoral election
- [2016 Serra de São Bento Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/serra-de-sao-bento/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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