# 2016 Porto Alegre mayoral 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

Nelson Marchezan Júnior led with 29.8% of the vote, 3.9 points ahead of Sebastião de Araujo Melo.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 2, 2016

- Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 29.8% (Advanced)
- Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 25.9% (Advanced)
- Raul Jorge Anglada Pont, 16.4%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.md), October 30, 2016

- Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 60.5% (Elected)
- Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 39.5%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nelson Marchezan Júnior | PSDB | 213,646 | 29.8% | Advanced |
| Sebastião de Araujo Melo | PMDB | 185,655 | 25.9% | Advanced |
| Raul Jorge Anglada Pont | PT | 117,225 | 16.4% |  |
| Maurício Alexandre Dziedricki | PTB | 97,939 | 13.7% |  |
| Luciana Krebs Genro | PSOL | 86,352 | 12.1% |  |
| Fábio Maia Ostermann | PSL | 7,054 | 1.0% |  |
| Marcelo Francisco Chiodo | PV | 4,327 | 0.6% |  |
| Julio Cezar Leirias Flores | PSTU | 2,554 | 0.4% |  |
| João Carlos Mendonça Rodrigues | PMN | 1,230 | 0.2% |  |

Valid votes: 715,982

Turnout: 77.5% (851,277 of 1,098,517 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 61.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6%
- October 2, 2016: Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 60.5%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Jose Alberto Reus Fortunati, 65.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 58.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 53.3%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Tarso Fernando Herz Genro, 63.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Raul Jorge Anglada Pont, 54.9%

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

- [Porto Alegre Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/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 Porto Alegre

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

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