# 2016 Capão do Leão municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Capão do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 16,808 of 19,873 registered voters (84.6%). −0.83 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Capão do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mauro Santos Nolasco | PT | 6,265 | 40.8% | Elected |
| Vilmar Motta Schmitt | PMDB | 5,472 | 35.7% |  |
| Zeferino Itajar Viera da Silveira | REDE | 1,810 | 11.8% |  |
| Elmar Nachtigal Manke | PTB | 1,793 | 11.7% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Capão do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 3 of the 11 seats, with 24.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 3,784 | 24.6% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 3,361 | 21.8% | 2 |
| Rede Sustentabilidade | 2,656 | 17.2% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 2,271 | 14.7% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,541 | 10.0% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 674 | 4.4% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 334 | 2.2% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 280 | 1.8% |  |
| Progressistas | 261 | 1.7% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 235 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 1 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2016 Capão do Leão mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)
- [2016 Capão do Leão Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2016-10-02-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2016-10-02-local.json.