# 2016 Várzea municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,547 of 5,156 registered voters (88.2%). −2.3 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Várzea](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/varzea/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pedro Sales Belo da Silva | PMDB | 2,302 | 52.8% | Elected |
| Cleide de Carvalho da Silva Lima | PSD | 2,059 | 47.2% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Várzea](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/varzea/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 23.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Social Democrático | 1,171 | 26.6% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,032 | 23.5% | 3 |
| Solidariedade | 1,032 | 23.5% | 2 |
| Patriota | 427 | 9.7% | 1 |
| Democratas | 298 | 6.8% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 158 | 3.6% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 119 | 2.7% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 111 | 2.5% |  |
| Partido Verde | 49 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 2 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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