# 2016 Tenente Laurentino Cruz mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Tenente Laurentino Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz.md), October 2, 2016

Sueleide de Morais Araujo won with 49.79% of the vote, 0.23 points ahead of Francisco Macedo da Silva.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sueleide de Morais Araujo | PSDB | 2,128 | 49.8% | Elected |
| Francisco Macedo da Silva | PSB | 2,118 | 49.6% |  |
| Silverio Giliarde da Costa | SD | 28 | 0.7% |  |

Valid votes: 4,274

Turnout: 90.1% (4,426 of 4,912 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Francisco Macedo da Silva, 79.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Francisco Macedo da Silva, 63.5%
- October 2, 2016: Sueleide de Morais Araujo, 49.8%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Francisco Dantas de Araujo, 52.0%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Airton Laurentino Junior, 54.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joarimar Tavares de Medeiros, 59.8%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Airton Laurentino Junior, 88.6%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Airton Laurentino Junior, 88.5%

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

- [Tenente Laurentino Cruz Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/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 Tenente Laurentino Cruz

- 2016 Tenente Laurentino Cruz mayoral election
- [2016 Tenente Laurentino Cruz Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tenente-laurentino-cruz/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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