# 2016 Tapera mayoral 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

Volmar Helmut Kuhn won with 54.6% of the vote, 9.2 points ahead of Luiz Antonio Brunori.

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

Valid votes: 7,162

Turnout: 87.2% (7,463 of 8,560 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Osvaldo Henrich Filho, 52.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Volmar Helmut Kuhn, 58.5%
- October 2, 2016: Volmar Helmut Kuhn, 54.6%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Ireneu Orth, 52.4%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Ireneu Orth, 50.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Nestor Arnemann, 42.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Nelson Balensiefer, 67.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luiz Antonio Brunori, 55.4%

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

- [Tapera Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/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 Tapera

- 2016 Tapera mayoral election
- [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/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2016-10-02-local/mayor.json.