# 2016 Taipu mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Taipu](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu.md), October 2, 2016

Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo won with 57.6% of the vote, 15.3 points ahead of Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo | PSB | 5,194 | 57.6% | Elected |
| Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior | PSD | 3,818 | 42.4% |  |

Valid votes: 9,012

Turnout: 88.6% (9,466 of 10,678 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior, 55.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior, 57.3%
- October 2, 2016: Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo, 57.6%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior, 51.1%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo, 61.1%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo, 45.4%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Francisco Marcelo Cavalcante de Queiroz, 53.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Francisco Marcelo Cavalcante de Queiroz, 46.9%

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

- [Taipu Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/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 Taipu

- 2016 Taipu mayoral election
- [2016 Taipu Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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