# 2016 Capão do Leão mayoral 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

Mauro Santos Nolasco won with 40.8% of the vote, 5.2 points ahead of Vilmar Motta Schmitt.

| 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% |  |

Valid votes: 15,340

Turnout: 84.6% (16,808 of 19,873 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Vilmar Motta Schmitt, 48.6%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Vilmar Motta Schmitt, 51.8%
- October 2, 2016: Mauro Santos Nolasco, 40.8%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Cláudio Luis Schroder Vitória, 37.9%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): João Serafim Quevedo, 44.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Vilmar Motta Schmitt, 80.8%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Vilmar Motta Schmitt, 46.0%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Manoel Nei da Costa Neves, 41.0%

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

- [Capão do Leão Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/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 Capão do Leão

- 2016 Capão do Leão mayoral election
- [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/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.json.