# 2016 Triunfo Potiguar mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Triunfo Potiguar](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar.md), October 2, 2016

Maria Lúcia de Azevedo Estevam won with 50.9% of the vote, 1.8 points ahead of Manoel Estevam da Fonseca.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Lúcia de Azevedo Estevam | PSD | 1,825 | 50.9% | Elected |
| Manoel Estevam da Fonseca | PDT | 1,759 | 49.1% |  |

Valid votes: 3,584

Turnout: 91.2% (3,718 of 4,076 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Joana Darc Estevam da Fonseca Silva, 73.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Joana Darc Estevam da Fonseca Silva, 50.3%
- October 2, 2016: Maria Lúcia de Azevedo Estevam, 50.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): José Gildenor da Fonseca, 100.0%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): José Gildenor da Fonseca, 61.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Antonio Estevam, 61.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Antonio Estevam, 52.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Lufran Medeiros, 50.7%

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

- [Triunfo Potiguar Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/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 Triunfo Potiguar

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

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