# 2016 Pelotas mayoral 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

Paula Schild Mascarenhas won with 59.9% of the vote, 39.6 points ahead of Jose Anselmo Rodrigues.

| 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% |  |

Valid votes: 187,696

Turnout: 89.7% (205,130 of 228,633 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Fernando Stephan Marroni, 50.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Paula Schild Mascarenhas, 68.7%
- October 2, 2016: Paula Schild Mascarenhas, 59.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Eduardo Figueiredo Cavalheiro Leite, 57.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Adolfo Antonio Fetter Junior, 56.7%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Bernardo Olavo Gomes de Souza, 52.4%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Fernando Stephan Marroni, 52.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jose Anselmo Rodrigues, 51.8%

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

- [Pelotas Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/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 Pelotas

- 2016 Pelotas mayoral election
- [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/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2016-10-02-local/mayor.json.