# 2016 Garruchos mayoral election

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

João Carlos Scotto won with 56.3% of the vote, 14.7 points ahead of Carlos Cardinal de Oliveira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Carlos Scotto | PP | 1,403 | 56.3% | Elected |
| Carlos Cardinal de Oliveira | PDT | 1,036 | 41.6% |  |
| Neli Pereira Sasso | PSDB | 52 | 2.1% |  |

Valid votes: 2,491

Turnout: 94.1% (2,524 of 2,681 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Roland Schatz, 60.8%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Roland Schatz, 53.3%
- October 2, 2016: João Carlos Scotto, 56.3%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Carlos Cardinal de Oliveira, 50.1%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): João Carlos Scotto, 51.3%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joao Ismael Rodrigues Portela, 57.5%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Adão Velasque Antunes, 52.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Juares Luis Martini, 37.7%

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

- [Garruchos Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/garruchos/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 Garruchos

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

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