# 2012 Cantagalo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Cantagalo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo.md), October 7, 2012

Saulo Domingues Gouvea won with 79.5% of the vote, 63.5 points ahead of Roger Jose de Noronha Silva.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saulo Domingues Gouvea | PT | 10,491 | 79.5% | Elected |
| Roger Jose de Noronha Silva | PCdoB | 2,112 | 16.0% |  |
| Fabio Alexandre Esteves Motta | PDT | 596 | 4.5% |  |

Valid votes: 13,199

Turnout: 86.6% (14,272 of 16,475 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Emanuela Teixeira Silva, 44.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 53.8%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 69.1%
- October 7, 2012: Saulo Domingues Gouvea, 79.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 100.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Augusto Carvalho de Paula, 43.3%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Geraldo Pires Guimaraes, 41.8%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Wilder Sebastiao de Paula, 53.5%

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

- [Cantagalo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/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 Cantagalo

- 2012 Cantagalo mayoral election
- [2012 Cantagalo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/cantagalo/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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