# 2016 Tavares municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,091 of 4,375 registered voters (93.5%). +1.0 points since 2012.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gardel Machado de Araujo | PP | 2,141 | 55.5% | Elected |
| Gilson Terra Paiva | PMDB | 1,714 | 44.5% |  |

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

PMDB won 5 of the 9 seats, with 51.8% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,054 | 51.8% | 5 |
| Progressistas | 1,377 | 34.7% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 418 | 10.5% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 93 | 2.3% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 22 | 0.6% |  |

## Contests

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

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