# 2016 Santo Cristo municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Santo Cristo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santo-cristo.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 11,221 of 12,773 registered voters (87.8%). +0.12 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Santo Cristo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santo-cristo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adair Philippsen | PMDB | 6,550 | 61.6% | Elected |
| Vitoldo Scharneck | PT | 4,081 | 38.4% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Santo Cristo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santo-cristo/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 40.9% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 4,398 | 40.9% | 4 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 3,891 | 36.2% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,473 | 13.7% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 537 | 5.0% |  |
| Progressistas | 422 | 3.9% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 29 | 0.3% |  |

## Contests

- [2016 Santo Cristo mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santo-cristo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)
- [2016 Santo Cristo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santo-cristo/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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