Fall River voters beat back a recall effort and reelected Mayor Jasiel Correia II, who has been indicted federal charges that he defrauded investors in his company to fuel a “lavish lifestyle.”

The Herald News reports that while 7,829 people voted to recall Correia - with 4,911 voting against, he still beat his competitors.

Correia captured 35.4 percent of the vote on Tuesday night, according to reports from the Fall River Board of Elections tweeted by the newspaper. He beat School Committee Member Paul Coogan by 241 votes, according to the newspaper.

Correia, now 27, was the youngest ever mayor elected to lead the city when he won his seat in 2015. In October he pleaded not guilty to nine counts of wire fraud and four counts of filing false tax returns.

He faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the nine wire fraud charges and up to three years each on the charges of filing false tax returns, authorities said.

Federal investigators say Correia spent more than $230,000 - roughly 64 percent of the money invested in his company SnoOwl- like a "personal ATM." He allegedly shelled out tens of thousands of dollars on jewelry for an ex-girlfriend, airfare, luxury hotel rooms, adult entertainment, and a Mercedes Benz, according to a federal indictment.

Correia has repeatedly said he has done nothing wrong.

"This is America. I am presumed innocent until proven otherwise. I will not allow political enemies to remove me from office," Correia said at a press conference in Fall River's Government Center in October.

Shortly after his Oct. 11 arrest and indictment Fall River residents mounted a recall.

By December, more than 4,500 registered voters had signed on to a recall effort to remove Correia. He refused to step down, forcing Tuesday’s election.

Four candidates ran against Correia: City Councilor Joseph Camara, Coogan, school official Kyle Riley and Erica Scott-Pacheco, a longtime community advocate.

The ballot for the vote is separated in two parts. On the top half of the ballot, according to the Herald News, voters were asked whether to recall Correia. A “yes” vote indicated Correia will be recalled while a “no” rejects the recall and leaves Correia to continue his two year term, which is up in November, according to the newspaper.

On the bottom half of the ballot voters chose the candidate they wanted to be mayor, assuming the recall passed.

On Tuesday afternoon Correia posted two photos of him holding a goat on his Facebook page.

“Get out there and vote AGAINST the Recall and for JASIEL CORREIA II!” he used the hashtag GOAT, meaning “greatest of all time.”

Polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday and mark the city’s second recall election in five years.