# 2016 Pontão municipal election

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

Turnout: 2,969 of 3,064 registered voters (96.9%). +1.8 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nelson Jose Grasselli | PT | 1,509 | 52.8% | Elected |
| Sergio Omar Marcon dos Santos | PSB | 1,348 | 47.2% |  |

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

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 4 of the 9 seats, with 40.9% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1,195 | 40.9% | 4 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 470 | 16.1% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 345 | 11.8% | 2 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 298 | 10.2% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 218 | 7.5% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 143 | 4.9% |  |
| Progressistas | 130 | 4.5% |  |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 119 | 4.1% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 1 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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