# 2016 Tapera municipal election

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

Turnout: 7,463 of 8,560 registered voters (87.2%). −0.38 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Volmar Helmut Kuhn | PMDB | 3,909 | 54.6% | Elected |
| Luiz Antonio Brunori | PTB | 3,253 | 45.4% |  |

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

Progressistas won 3 of the 9 seats, with 33.3% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 2,255 | 33.3% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 2,083 | 30.8% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,184 | 17.5% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 529 | 7.8% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 349 | 5.2% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 322 | 4.8% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 40 | 0.6% |  |

## Contests

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

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