# 2016 General Câmara mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [General Câmara](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara.md), October 2, 2016

Helton Holz Barreto won with 49.3% of the vote, 7.1 points ahead of Alexandrina Grasselli Rame.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Helton Holz Barreto | PP | 2,797 | 49.3% | Elected |
| Alexandrina Grasselli Rame | PSB | 2,395 | 42.2% |  |
| João Carlos Fornari | PPS | 480 | 8.5% |  |

Valid votes: 5,672

Turnout: 84.8% (5,923 of 6,983 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Marcio Pereira Brandão, 54.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Helton Holz Barreto, 75.4%
- October 2, 2016: Helton Holz Barreto, 49.3%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Darci Garcia de Freitas, 52.7%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Darci Garcia de Freitas, 40.1%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Paulo Roberto Rame, 34.2%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Luiz Martins Neto, 46.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Gilberto Amaro Pires Pereira, 52.2%

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

- [General Câmara Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/general-camara/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 General Câmara

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

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