# 2020 Palmares do Sul mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Palmares do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul.md), November 15, 2020

Mauricio da Silva Muniz won with 49.8% of the vote, 25.6 points ahead of Afonso Praça Baptista.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mauricio da Silva Muniz | MDB | 3,500 | 49.8% | Elected |
| Afonso Praça Baptista | PP | 1,698 | 24.2% |  |
| Tonia Maria da Silva Silveira | PT | 1,383 | 19.7% |  |
| Paulo Neres Teixeira Ferreira | PSL | 254 | 3.6% |  |
| Orion Almeida da Fonseca | PEN | 194 | 2.8% |  |

Valid votes: 7,029

Turnout: 72.7% (7,548 of 10,386 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Regis Bauermann, 41.4%
- November 15, 2020: Mauricio da Silva Muniz, 49.8%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Paulo Henrique Mendes Lang, 47.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Paulo Henrique Mendes Lang, 63.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Ernesto Ortiz Romacho, 38.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joao Tadeu Vasconcellos da Silva, 41.8%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Joao Tadeu Vasconcellos da Silva, 43.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luciano Santanna Bins, 54.7%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on November 15, 2020

- [Palmares do Sul Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (11,129)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2020](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2020), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Palmares do Sul

- 2020 Palmares do Sul mayoral election
- [2020 Palmares do Sul Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/mayor.json.