# 2016 Roca Sales mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Roca Sales](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales.md), October 2, 2016

Amilton Fontana won with 36.0% of the vote, 6.3 points ahead of Nelio Jose Vuaden.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amilton Fontana | PMDB | 2,532 | 36.0% | Elected |
| Nelio Jose Vuaden | PSDB | 2,089 | 29.7% |  |
| Fabiana Caneppele | PTB | 1,953 | 27.8% |  |
| Cleber Scottá | PDT | 247 | 3.5% |  |
| Fernando Luis Marasca | PSD | 211 | 3.0% |  |

Valid votes: 7,032

Turnout: 89.6% (7,304 of 8,149 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jones Wunsch, 52.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Amilton Fontana, 51.0%
- October 2, 2016: Amilton Fontana, 36.0%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Nelio Jose Vuaden, 45.0%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Antônio Valesan, 41.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Marcos Antonio Deves, 57.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Bruno Horst, 64.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Bayard Olle Fischer Santos, 70.4%

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

- [Roca Sales Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/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 Roca Sales

- 2016 Roca Sales mayoral election
- [2016 Roca Sales Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/roca-sales/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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