# 2016 Forquetinha municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Forquetinha](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 2,213 of 2,298 registered voters (96.3%). +2.1 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Forquetinha](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Jose Grunewald | PP | 1,039 | 48.0% | Elected |
| Marcelo Henrique Schmitz | PTB | 775 | 35.8% |  |
| Heitor Luiz Groders | PMDB | 352 | 16.3% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Forquetinha](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 50.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 1,092 | 50.4% | 4 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 631 | 29.1% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 317 | 14.6% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 127 | 5.9% | 1 |

## Contests

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

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