# 2016 Tangará mayoral election

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

Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra won with 50.8% of the vote, 1.5 points ahead of Jose Airton Bezerra.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra | PR | 4,980 | 50.8% | Elected |
| Jose Airton Bezerra | PDT | 4,829 | 49.2% |  |

Valid votes: 9,809

Turnout: 83.7% (10,328 of 12,346 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Augusto Cesar Emmanuel Pinheiro e Alves, 55.8%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jose Airton Bezerra, 54.7%
- October 2, 2016: Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra, 50.8%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Alcimar Germano Bento Pinheiro e Alves, 53.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra, 51.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra, 54.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Giovannu Cesar Pinheiro e Alves, 55.2%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Giovannu Cesar Pinheiro e Alves, 56.4%

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

- [Tangará Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/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 Tangará

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

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