2016 Brazilian municipal elections

2016 Brazilian municipal elections
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30 October 2016 (second round, if necessary)		 2020 →
  • 5,570 mayors
  • 56,810 councillors
 
Leader Aécio Neves Romero Jucá Carlos Siqueira
Party PSDB MDB PSB
Leader since 18 May 2013 5 April 2016 13 October 2014
Popular vote 17,633,653 15,026,090 8,407,656
Councillors 5,355 7,551 3,625
Councillors +/– Increase115 Decrease403 Increase75
Mayors 793 1,027 414
Mayors +/– Increase96 Increase5 Decrease20
 
Leader Alfredo Cotait Neto Carlos Lupi Ciro Nogueira
Party PSD PDT PP
Leader since 8 June 2016 23 July 2004 11 April 2013
Popular vote 8,085,600 6,404,512 5,747,833
Councillors 4,623 3,756 4,730
Councillors +/– Decrease23 Increase97 Decrease197
Mayors 654 334 495
Mayors +/– Decrease23 Increase26 Increase24

The Brazilian municipal elections of 2016 took place on 2 October 2016 and on 30 October 2016 (for cities with more than 200,000 voters, where the second round is available).[1] Electors chose mayors, vice-mayors and city councillors of all 5,568 cities of the country. The partisan conventions took place between 20 July and 5 August.[2] The party political broadcast started on 26 August and ended on 29 September.[2] Until 2012, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays there was the broadcast for candidates to city halls, 30 minutes long. The broadcasts for candidates for city councils were broadcast on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, also 30 minutes long. At least 97 cities had only one candidate for mayor in these elections. Besides that, 48.8% of the cities of the country didn't have more than two candidates.[3] These were the first elections in which recently registered parties Partido da Mulher Brasileira (PMB), Rede Sustentabilidade (REDE) and Partido Novo (NOVO) participated; they were recognized by the Superior Electoral Court (Portuguese: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral - TSE) in 2015.[4] Some of the most highlighted elected candidates include liberal businessman João Doria (PSDB) in São Paulo and licensed bishop Marcelo Crivella (PRB) in Rio de Janeiro. The elections also took place after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff and during the investigations of Operation Car Wash (Portuguese: Operação Lava Jato). However, it only affected the left-wing Workers' Party, with its reduction of elected mayors, while the centre-right Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and Progressive Party, with the most of its members investigated, had an increase of elected candidates.[5]

  1. ^ "Plenário do TSE aprova Calendário Eleitoral das Eleições de 2016" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Confira as principais datas previstas no calendário eleitoral do pleito deste ano" (in Portuguese). Tribual Superior Eleitoral. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ^ Lopes, Nathan (13 September 2016). "Ele é candidato a prefeito e só precisa ter um voto para se eleger" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ^ Dantas, Humberto; Rezende, Monica (23 January 2017). "Partidos que debutaram nas eleições 2016" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ^ Junqueira, Diego (6 October 2016). "Partido com mais investigados na Lava Jato tem alta no número de prefeitos" (in Portuguese). R7. Retrieved 30 November 2017.