# 2016 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election

The 2016 Rio de Janeiro municipal election took place on 2 October and 30 October 2016 to elect a Mayor, a Vice Mayor and 51 City Councillors for the administration of the city. The incumbent Mayor, Eduardo Paes of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), was term-limited and couldn't run for re-election. The election took place against a backdrop of mass protests and the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party (PT) earlier that year.

## Candidates

| No. | Mayor | Vice-mayor | Party/Coalition |
| 10 | Marcelo Crivella (PRB) | Fernando Mac Dowell (PR) | "For a More Human Rio" PRB, PR, PTN |
| 15 | Pedro Paulo (PMDB) | Cidinha Campos (PDT) | "Together for Rio" PMDB, DEM, PDT, PHS, PMN, PP, PSDC, PTB, PEN, PROS, PRTB, PSL, SD, PTC, PTdoB |
| 16 | Cyro Garcia (PSTU) | Marília Macedo (PSTU) | Unified Workers' Socialist Party (PSTU) |
| 18 | Alessandro Molon (REDE) | Roberto Anderson (PV) "Everyone for Rio" REDE, PV, PPL |
| 20 | Flávio Bolsonaro (PSC) | Rodrigo Amorim (PRP) | "Rio Needs Strength to Change" PSC, PRP |
| 29 | Thelma Bastos (PCO) | Wagner Rolo (PCO) | Labour Cause's Party (PCO) |
| 30 | Carmen Migueles (NOVO) | Tomas Pelosi (NOVO) | New Party (NOVO) |
| 45 | Carlos Osório (PSDB) | Aspásia Camargo (PSDB) | "Rio of Opportunities and Rights" PSDB, PPS |
| 50 | Marcelo Freixo (PSOL) | Luciana Boiteux (PSOL) | "Change is Possible" PSOL, PCB |
| 55 | Indio da Costa (PSD) | Hugo Leal (PSB) | "Together for Carioca" PSD, PSB, PMB |
| 65 | Jandira Feghali (PCdoB) | Edson Santos (PT) | "Rio in Common" PCdoB, PT |

## Debates
### First round

| Date | Host | Moderator | Carlos Osório (PSDB) | Marcelo Crivella (PRB) | Jandira Feghali (PCdoB) | Flávio Bolsonaro (PSC) | Pedro Paulo (PMDB) | Alessandro Molon (REDE) | Indio da Costa (PSD) | Marcelo Freixo (PSOL) | Cyro Garcia (PSTU) | Thelma Bastos (PCO) | Carmen Migueles (NOVO) |
| 25 August 2016 | Band | Sérgio Costa | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 9 September 2016 | RedeTV!, Veja, UOL, Facebook | Mariana Godoy, Amanda Klein | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 25 September 2016 | RecordTV | Janine Borba | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 29 September 2016 | Rede Globo | Ana Paula Araújo | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |

### Second round

| Date | Host | Moderator | Marcelo Crivella (PRB) | Marcelo Freixo (PSOL) |
| 7 October 2016 | Band | Sérgio Costa | Present | Present |
| 13 October 2016 | SBT | N/A | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 18 October 2016 | RedeTV!, Veja, UOL, Facebook | Mariana Godoy, Amanda Klein | Present | Present |
| 20 October 2016 | O Globo | N/A | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 23 October 2016 | RecordTV | N/A | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 28 October 2016 | Rede Globo | Ana Paula Araújo | Present | Present |

## Opinion polls
### First round

| Polling Firm/Link | Date(s) administered | Sample Size | PSOL | PCdoB | REDE | PSDB | PMDB | PSD | PRB | PSC | Others | Abst./ Undec. |
| 2016 election | 2 October 2016 | 3,708,857 | 18.26% (Freixo) | 3.34% (Feghali) | 1.43% (Molon) | 8.62% (Osório) | 16.12% (Paulo) | 8.99% (Indio) | 27.78% (Crivella) | 14.00% (Bolsonaro) | 1.46% | 18.26% |
| Datafolha | 30 September – 1 October 2016 | 2,159 | 13% (Freixo) | 6% (Feghali) | 2% (Molon) | 8% (Osório) | 10% (Paulo) | 9% (Indio) | 27% (Crivella) | 7% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 17% |
| Ibope | 29 September – 1 October 2016 | 1,204 | 14% (Freixo) | 7% (Feghali) | 2% (Molon) | 5% (Osório) | 9% (Paulo) | 8% (Indio) | 31% (Crivella) | 8% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 19% |
| Instituto Gerp | 28–29 September 2016 | 1,000 | 11% (Freixo) | 4% (Feghali) | 1% (Molon) | 3% (Osório) | 9% (Paulo) | 4% (Indio) | 35% (Crivella) | 8% (Bolsonaro) | 0% | 25% |
| Datafolha | 26 September 2016 | 1,144 | 10% (Paulo) | 7% (Feghali) | 1% (Molon) | 6% (Osório) | 11% (Paulo) | 5% (Indio) | 29% (Crivella) | 7% (Bolsonaro) | 2% | 22% |
| Ibope | 23–25 September 2016 | 1,204 | 9% (Freixo) | 6% (Feghali) | 1% (Molon) | 4% (Osório) | 11% (Paulo) | 8% (Indio) | 35% (Crivella) | 6% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 19% |
| Instituto Gerp | 19–21 September 2016 | 1,000 | 10% (Freixo) | 8% (Feghali) | 2% (Molon) | 2% (Osório) | 6% (Paulo) | 3% (Indio) | 33% (Crivella) | 8% (Bolsonaro) | 0% | 28% |
| IBPS | 19–21 September 2016 | 3,510 | 10% (Freixo) | 7% (Feghali) | 1% (Molon) | 4% (Osório) | 10% (Paulo) | 6% (Indio) | 30% (Crivella) | 6% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 25% |
| Datafolha | 21 September 2016 | 1,023 | 10% (Freixo) | 9% (Feghali) | 2% (Molon) | 4% (Osório) | 9% (Paulo) | 6% (Indio) | 31% (Crivella) | 7% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 21% |
| Ibope | 12–13 September 2016 | 805 | 9% (Freixo) | 8% (Feghali) | 1% (Molon) | 3% (Osório) | 9% (Paulo) | 7% (Indio) | 31% (Crivella) | 8% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 23% |
| Datafolha | 8 September 2016 | 928 | 11% (Freixo) | 8% (Feghali) | 1% (Molon) | 4% (Osório) | 8% (Paulo) | 6% (Indio) | 29% (Crivella) | 6% (Bolsonaro) | 0% | 26% |
| Paraná Pesquisas | 1–5 September 2016 | 940 | 10.4% (Freixo) | 7.7% (Feghali) | 1.8% (Molon) | 3.5% (Osório) | 8.6% (Paulo) | 5.7% (Indio) | 33.4% (Crivella) | 8.3% (Bolsonaro) | 1.1% | 19.3 |
| Datafolha | 23–24 August 2016 | 928 | 11% (Freixo) | 7% (Feghali) | 2% (Molon) | 3% (Osório) | 5% (Paulo) | 4% (Indio) | 28% (Crivella) | 9% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 29% |
| Instituto Gerp | 19–22 August 2016 | 1,000 | 10% (Freixo) | 7% (Feghali) | 2% (Molon) | 1% (Osório) | 6% (Paulo) | 3% (Indio) | 33% (Crivella) | 9% (Bolsonaro) | 1% | 28% |
| Ibope | 20–22 August 2016 | 805 | 12% (Freixo) | 6% (Feghali) | 2% (Molon) | 6% (Osório) | 6% (Paulo) | 5% (Indio) | 27% (Crivella) | 11% (Bolsonaro) | 2% | 25% |
| 2012 election | 7 October 2012 | 3,754,393 | 28.15% (Freixo) | – | – | 2.47% (Leite) | 64.6% (Paes) | – | – | – | 4.78% | 13.51% |

### Second round

| Polling Firm/Link | Date(s) administered | Sample Size | PSOL | PRB | Abst./ Undec. |
| 2016 election | 31 October 2016 | 3,583,094 | 40.64% (Freixo) | 59.36% (Crivella) | 20.08% |
| Ibope | 28–29 September 2016 | 1,024 | 32% (Freixo) | 43% (Crivella) | 25% |
| Datafolha | 28–29 September 2016 | 2,384 | 30% (Freixo) | 43% (Crivella) | 27% |
| Ibope | 26–27 October 2016 | 1,204 | 29% (Freixo) | 46% (Crivella) | 25% |
| Datafolha | 25 October 2016 | 1,280 | 27% (Freixo) | 46% (Crivella) | 27% |
| Ibope | 17–19 October 2016 | 1,101 | 29% (Freixo) | 46% (Crivella) | 25% |
| Datafolha | 13–14 October 2016 | 1,152 | 25% (Freixo) | 48% (Crivella) | 27% |
| Ibope | 5–6 October 2016 | 1,101 | 25% (Freixo) | 51% (Crivella) | 24% |
| Datafolha | 5–6 October 2016 | 1,151 | 27% (Freixo) | 44% (Crivella) | 28% |

## Results
### Mayor

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Running mate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Marcelo Crivella | PRB | Fernando Mac Dowell | PR | 842,201 | 27.78 | 1,700,030 | 59.36 |
| | Marcelo Freixo | PSOL | Luciana Boiteux | PSOL | 553,424 | 18.26 | 1,163,662 | 40.64 |
| | Pedro Paulo | PMDB | Cidinha Campos | PDT | 488,775 | 16.12 |
| | Flávio Bolsonaro | PSC | Rodrigo Amorim | PRP | 424,307 | 14.00 |
| | Indio da Costa | PSD | Hugo Leal | PSB | 272,500 | 8.99 |
| | Carlos Osório | PSDB | Aspásia Camargo | PSDB | 261,286 | 8.62 |
| | Jandira Feghali | PCdoB | Edson Santos | PT | 101,133 | 3.31 |
| | Alessandro Molon | REDE | Roberto Anderson | PV | 43,426 | 1.43 |
| | Carmen Migueles | NOVO | Tomas Pelosi | NOVO | 38,512 | 1.27 |
| | Cyro Garcia | PSTU | Marília Macedo | PSTU | 5,729 | 0.19 |
| | Thelma Bastos | PCO | Wagner Rolo | PCO | 0 | 0.00 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 677,434 | – | 719,402 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,708,857 | 75.72 | 3,583,094 | 73.15 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,183,187 | 24.28 | 1,314,950 | 26.85 |
| Source: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine |||||||||
Popular vote (first round)
Crivella
27.78%
Freixo
18.26%
Paulo
16.12%
Bolsonaro
14.0%
Indio
8.99%
Osório
8.62%
Feghali
3.34%
Molon
1.43%
Other
1.46% :
Popular vote (second round)
Crivella
59.36%
Freixo
40.64% :

### City Councillors

| Candidate | Party | Voting | Voting |
| Candidate | Party | Percentage | Total |
| Carlos Bolsonaro | PSC | 3.65% | 106,657 |
| Tarcísio Motta | PSOL | 3.10% | 90,473 |
| César Maia | DEM | 2.45% | 71,468 |
| Rosa Fernandes | PMDB | 1.98% | 57,868 |
| Marielle Franco | PSOL | 1.59% | 46,502 |
| Junior da Lucinha | PMDB | 1.54% | 45,124 |
| Vera Lins | PP | 1.24% | 36,117 |
| João Mendes de Jesus | PRB | 1.08% | 31,516 |
| Teresa Bergher | PSDB | 1.05 | 30,566 |
| Leandro Lyra | NOVO | 1.00% | 29,217 |
| Carlos Caiado | DEM | 0.96% | 28,122 |
| Jorge Felippe | PMDB | 0.96% | 28,104 |
| Jairinho | PMDB | 0.89% | 26,047 |
| Thiago Ribeiro | PMDB | 0.85% | 27,900 |
| Alexandre Isquierdo | DEM | 0.85% | 24,701 |
| Marcelinho D'Almeida | DEM | 0.83% | 24,116 |
| Chiquinho Brazão | PMDB | 0.82% | 23,923 |
| Tânia Bastos | PRB | 0.78% | 22,930 |
| Rafael Aloísio Freitas | PMDB | 0.78% | 22,897 |
| Bispo Inaldo Silva | PRB | 0.78% | 22,753 |
| Zico | PTB | 0.74% | 21,565 |
| Willian Coelho | PMDB | 0.68% | 20,678 |
| Verônica Costa | PMDB | 0.68% | 19,946 |
| Carlos Eduardo | SD | 0.68% | 19,822 |
| Reimont | PT | 0.67% | 19,626 |
| Renato Cinco | PSOL | 0.59% | 17,162 |
| Luciana Novaes | PT | 0.57% | 16,679 |
| Marcelo Arar | PTB | 0.56% | 16,230 |
| Val | PEN | 0.53% | 15,388 |
| Paula Messina | PROS | 0.53% | 15,346 |
| Rogério Rocal | PTB | 0.52% | 15,055 |
| Dr. João Ricardo | PMDB | 0.51% | 14,994 |
| Renato Moura | PDT | 0.46% | 13,572 |
| Marcello Siciliano | PHS | 0.46% | 13,553 |
| Dr. Jorge Manaia | SD | 0.45% | 13.249 |
| Paulo Pinheiro | PSOL | 0.45% | 13,141 |
| Jones Moura | PSD | 0.44% | 12,722 |
| Dr. Gilberto | PMN | 0.42% | 12,162 |
| Fernando William | PDT | 0.41% | 12,055 |
| Leonel Brizola Neto | PSOL | 0.38% | 11,087 |
| Eliseu Kessler | PSD | 0.37% | 10,777 |
| Felipe Michel | PSDB | 0.35% | 10,262 |
| Cláudio Castro | PSC | 0.35% | 10,262 |
| Professor Adalmir | PSDB | 0.30% | 8,804 |
| Professor Célio Lupparelli | DEM | 0.30% | 8,692 |
| Luiz Carlos Ramos Filho | PTN | 0.29% | 8,618 |
| Jair da Mendes Gomes | PMN | 0.28% | 8,112 |
| Zico Bacana | PHS | 0.27% | 7,932 |
| Otoni de Paula Jr. | PSC | 0.27% | 7,801 |
| David Miranda | PSOL | 0.24% | 7,012 |
| Italo Ciba | PTdoB | 0.21% | 6,023 |