# 2012 General Carneiro mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Paraná](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr.md) / [General Carneiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro.md), October 7, 2012

Joel Ricardo Martins Ferreira won with 45.9% of the vote, 11.3 points ahead of Luis Otavio Geller Saraiva.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joel Ricardo Martins Ferreira | PSDB | 3,686 | 45.9% | Elected |
| Luis Otavio Geller Saraiva | PR | 2,782 | 34.6% |  |
| Olcimar Luiz Benazzi | PT | 1,567 | 19.5% |  |

Valid votes: 8,035

Turnout: 83.5% (8,507 of 10,182 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Joel Ricardo Martins Ferreira, 59.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Joel Ricardo Martins Ferreira, 37.4%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Luis Otavio Geller Saraiva, 65.3%
- October 7, 2012: Joel Ricardo Martins Ferreira, 45.9%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Ivanor Dacheri, 52.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joares Vicente Martins Ferreira, 62.7%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Joelcy Marcos Lammel, 71.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Sebastiao Sergio Steptjuk, 66.7%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 7, 2012

- [General Carneiro Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2012-10-07-local.md) (11,133)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2012](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2012), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in General Carneiro

- 2012 General Carneiro mayoral election
- [2012 General Carneiro Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2012-10-07-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/pr/general-carneiro/2012-10-07-local/mayor.json.