# 2016 Minas do Leão municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Minas do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 5,421 of 5,763 registered voters (94.1%). +3.3 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Minas do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Miguel de Souza Almeida | PP | 3,717 | 71.6% | Elected |
| Rogério Batista de Almeida | PDT | 1,477 | 28.4% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Minas do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 47.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 2,488 | 47.6% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,203 | 23.0% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 761 | 14.6% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 626 | 12.0% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 138 | 2.6% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 8 | 0.2% |  |

## Contests

- [2016 Minas do Leão mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)
- [2016 Minas do Leão Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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