# 2016 Independência municipal election

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

Turnout: 5,047 of 5,376 registered voters (93.9%). +3.4 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Edécio Graef | PTB | 2,443 | 49.7% | Elected |
| Gilberto Marasca | PMDB | 1,861 | 37.9% |  |
| Helena Cornelius | PSB | 609 | 12.4% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 33.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 1,864 | 37.9% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,654 | 33.6% | 4 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 711 | 14.5% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 414 | 8.4% |  |
| Progressistas | 271 | 5.5% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 4 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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