# 2016 Forquetinha Municipal Chamber 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 Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 50.4% of the vote. Seats: PP 4, PMDB 3, PTB 1, and PSDB 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Progressistas | 1,092 | 50.4% | 4 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 631 | 29.1% | 3 | Won | | Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 317 | 14.6% | 1 | Won | | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 127 | 5.9% | 1 | Elected | Valid votes: 2,167 Turnout: 96.3% (2,213 of 2,298 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Preparados e Unidos por Forquetinha 1,219 votes, 5 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Dorval Eckhardt | PP | 159 | Elected | | Gladistone da Silva | PSDB | 127 | Elected | | Henrique Frederico Kruger | PP | 108 | Elected | | Clarice Groders | PP | 103 | Elected | | Geci Teresinha Mallmann | PP | 98 | Elected | | Ines Feil | PP | 89 | | | Ademir Paulo Becker | PP | 80 | | | Helio Hofstaetter | PP | 78 | | | Mércio Ireno Ludwig | PP | 61 | | | Sergio Paulo Dietrich | PP | 59 | | | Noeli Becker | PP | 55 | | | Djacir de Lima Freitas | PP | 46 | | | Vanusa Daniela Nicolai | PP | 44 | | | Gerson Drebes | PP | 39 | | | Lauro Laurino Doertzbacher | PP | 26 | | | Oscar Auri Weber | PP | 22 | | ### Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro 631 votes, 3 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jair Jaco Groders | PMDB | 162 | Elected | | Paulo Ademar Lenhart | PMDB | 110 | Elected | | Grasiani Galli | PMDB | 101 | Elected | | Clarice Sabke Bergmann | PMDB | 88 | | | Isolde Sontag | PMDB | 74 | | | Valdemir André Stohr | PMDB | 23 | | | Marco Antônio Ruppenthal | PMDB | 21 | | | Jonas Luís Schvingel | PMDB | 16 | | | Luciano Henrique Scheibe | PMDB | 12 | | | Adriana Immich | PMDB | 3 | | ### Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro 317 votes, 1 seat | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jaqueline Schmitz | PTB | 82 | Elected | | Cristiano Paulo Brauvers | PTB | 73 | | | Décio Picoli | PTB | 67 | | | Michele Maria Schmitz | PTB | 48 | | | Elvira Ferreira Ribeiro | PTB | 12 | | | Sirio Pohl | PTB | 10 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Partido Liberal, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro - October 2, 2016: list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas - [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Progressista Brasileiro, list, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 2, 2016 - [Forquetinha mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2016-10-02-local/mayor.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 Forquetinha - [2016 Forquetinha mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md) - 2016 Forquetinha Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.json.