# 2016 Belmonte municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Santa Catarina](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc.md) / [Belmonte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/belmonte.md), October 2, 2016

Turnout: 2,308 of 2,486 registered voters (92.8%). −2.3 points since 2012.

## [Mayor of Belmonte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/belmonte/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Genésio Bressiani | PSD | 1,199 | 53.0% | Elected |
| Silvestre Francisco Wichoroski | PMDB | 1,062 | 47.0% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Belmonte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/belmonte/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Partido Social Democrático won 5 of the 9 seats, with 47.3% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Social Democrático | 1,070 | 47.3% | 5 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 777 | 34.3% | 3 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 330 | 14.6% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 58 | 2.6% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 28 | 1.2% |  |

## Contests

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

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