# 2020 Riachuelo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Sergipe](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se.md) / [Riachuelo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo.md), November 15, 2020

Peterson Dantas Araujo won with 54.6% of the vote, 9.3 points ahead of Helder Cicero de Oliveira Silva.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peterson Dantas Araujo | MDB | 3,537 | 54.6% | Elected |
| Helder Cicero de Oliveira Silva | PDT | 2,937 | 45.4% |  |

Valid votes: 6,474

Turnout: 84.7% (6,793 of 8,019 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Peterson Dantas Araujo, 45.2%
- November 15, 2020: Peterson Dantas Araujo, 54.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Candida Emilia Sandes Vieira Leite, 56.7%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Candida Emilia Sandes Vieira Leite, 58.4%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Antonio Carlos Leite Franco Sobrinho, 51.2%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Antonio Carlos Leite Franco Sobrinho, 69.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Aldebrando de Menezes Leite, 74.3%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Aldebrando de Menezes Leite, 41.8%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on November 15, 2020

- [Riachuelo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (11,129)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2020](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2020), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Riachuelo

- 2020 Riachuelo mayoral election
- [2020 Riachuelo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/se/riachuelo/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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