# 2016 Porto Alegre mayoral election, second round

[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 30, 2016

Nelson Marchezan Júnior won with 60.5% of the vote, 21.0 points ahead of Sebastião de Araujo Melo.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md), October 2, 2016

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

### Second round, 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 | 402,165 | 60.5% | Elected |
| Sebastião de Araujo Melo | PMDB | 262,601 | 39.5% |  |

Valid votes: 664,766

Turnout: 74.7% (820,996 of 1,098,517 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 27, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2024-10-27-runoff/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 61.5%
- [November 29, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6%
- October 30, 2016: Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 60.5%
- [October 26, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 58.9%
- [October 31, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2004-10-31-runoff/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 53.3%
- [October 29, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2000-10-29-runoff/mayor.md): Tarso Fernando Herz Genro, 63.5%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 30, 2016

- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2016-10-02-local.md) (56)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2016](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2016), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.json.