# 2016 Sertão municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Sertão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sertao.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 4,894 of 5,326 registered voters (91.9%). −2.6 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Sertão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sertao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edson Luiz Rossatto | PMDB | 2,881 | 61.8% | Elected |
| Aldemir Sachet | PP | 1,778 | 38.2% |  |

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

Progressistas won 2 of the 9 seats, with 28.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 1,318 | 28.4% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 972 | 21.0% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 663 | 14.3% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 582 | 12.5% | 2 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 555 | 12.0% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 313 | 6.7% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 231 | 5.0% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 5 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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