# 2016 Pelotas municipal election

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

Turnout: 205,130 of 228,633 registered voters (89.7%). +6.9 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paula Schild Mascarenhas | PSDB | 112,358 | 59.9% | Elected |
| Jose Anselmo Rodrigues | PDT | 37,967 | 20.2% |  |
| Jurandir Buchweitz e Silva | PSOL | 21,803 | 11.6% |  |
| Miriam Paz Garcez Marroni | PT | 12,054 | 6.4% |  |
| Fábio Luiz Tedesco Soares | PROS | 2,050 | 1.1% |  |
| Marco Antônio da Rosa Marchand | PEN | 1,151 | 0.6% |  |
| Ledinei Santana Silveira | PMN | 313 | 0.2% |  |

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

PSDB won 4 of the 21 seats, with 17.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 31,620 | 17.6% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 24,173 | 13.4% | 3 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 21,543 | 12.0% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 18,671 | 10.4% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 16,262 | 9.0% | 2 |
| Democratas | 12,831 | 7.1% | 2 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 9,353 | 5.2% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 7,286 | 4.1% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 6,973 | 3.9% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 6,368 | 3.5% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 5,757 | 3.2% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 4,816 | 2.7% |  |
| Partido da República | 2,727 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 2,716 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 1,931 | 1.1% |  |
| Rede Sustentabilidade | 1,286 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 1,126 | 0.6% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 924 | 0.5% |  |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 887 | 0.5% |  |
| Podemos | 841 | 0.5% |  |
| Patriota | 610 | 0.3% |  |
| Solidariedade | 581 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Verde | 369 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 154 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 65 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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