# 2020 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), November 15, 2020

Sebastião de Araujo Melo led with 31.0% of the vote, 2.0 points ahead of Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila.

## Rounds

### Round 1, November 15, 2020

- Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 31.0% (Advanced)
- Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila, 29.0% (Advanced)
- Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 21.1%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.md), November 29, 2020

- Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6% (Elected)
- Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila, 45.4%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastião de Araujo Melo | MDB | 200,280 | 31.0% | Advanced |
| Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila | PCdoB | 187,262 | 29.0% | Advanced |
| Nelson Marchezan Júnior | PSDB | 136,063 | 21.1% |  |
| Juliana Brizola | PDT | 41,407 | 6.4% |  |
| Fernanda Melchionna e Silva | PSOL | 27,994 | 4.3% |  |
| Valter Luis da Costa Nagelstein | PSD | 20,033 | 3.1% |  |
| João Derly de Oliveira Nunes Júnior | REPUBLICANOS | 19,004 | 2.9% |  |
| Gustavo Bohrer Paim | PP | 7,989 | 1.2% |  |
| Rodrigo Marini Maroni | PROS | 3,314 | 0.5% |  |
| Montserrat Antonio de Vasconcelos Martins | PV | 1,415 | 0.2% |  |
| Julio Cezar Leirias Flores | PSTU | 852 | 0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 645,613

Turnout: 66.9% (724,509 of 1,082,726 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: Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): 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 November 15, 2020

- [Porto Alegre Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (11,129)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2020](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2020), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Porto Alegre

- 2020 Porto Alegre mayoral election
- [2020 Porto Alegre Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/mayor.json.