# 2020 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), November 29, 2020

Sebastião de Araujo Melo won with 54.6% of the vote, 9.3 points ahead of Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md), 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, 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 | 370,550 | 54.6% | Elected |
| Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila | PCdoB | 307,745 | 45.4% |  |

Valid votes: 678,295

Turnout: 67.2% (728,034 of 1,082,726 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: Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6%
- [October 30, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.md): 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 November 29, 2020

- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (56)

## Sources

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.json.