2016 Brazilian municipal elections
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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
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]
Results in capitals
References
- ^ "Plenário do TSE aprova Calendário Eleitoral das Eleições de 2016" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dantas, Humberto; Rezende, Monica (23 January 2017). "Partidos que debutaram nas eleições 2016" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ 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.