# 2016 Porto Alegre municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Porto Alegre](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 851,277 of 1,098,517 registered voters (77.5%). −4.0 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Porto Alegre](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nelson Marchezan Júnior | PSDB | 402,165 | 60.5% | Elected |
| Sebastião de Araujo Melo | PMDB | 262,601 | 39.5% |  |

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

PMDB won 5 of the 36 seats, with 12.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 86,490 | 12.5% | 5 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 74,568 | 10.8% | 4 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 72,019 | 10.4% | 4 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 59,478 | 8.6% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 56,988 | 8.2% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 49,423 | 7.1% | 3 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 45,436 | 6.6% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 31,930 | 4.6% | 1 |
| Partido Novo | 29,942 | 4.3% | 1 |
| Democratas | 28,693 | 4.1% | 2 |
| Solidariedade | 20,478 | 3.0% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 19,170 | 2.8% | 2 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 18,508 | 2.7% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 16,896 | 2.4% | 1 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 15,873 | 2.3% |  |
| Rede Sustentabilidade | 15,601 | 2.3% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 14,371 | 2.1% | 1 |
| Partido Verde | 7,540 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 7,142 | 1.0% |  |
| Patriota | 7,135 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Republicano da Ordem Social | 3,867 | 0.6% | 1 |
| Partido Social Liberal | 1,904 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 1,789 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Pátria Livre | 1,467 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado | 1,321 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 1,210 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 941 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 881 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Comunista Brasileiro | 520 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 266 | <0.1% |  |
| Podemos | 199 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 112 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido da Mulher Brasileira | 102 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

- [2016 Porto Alegre municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-30-runoff.md), October 30, 2016

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