# 2012 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election

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

Eduardo da Costa Paes won with 64.6% of the vote, 36.5 points ahead of Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eduardo da Costa Paes | PMDB | 2,097,733 | 64.6% | Elected |
| Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo | PSOL | 914,082 | 28.2% |  |
| Rodrigo Felinto Ibarra Epitácio Maia | DEM | 95,328 | 2.9% |  |
| Otavio Santos Silva Leite | PSDB | 80,059 | 2.5% |  |
| Aspásia Brasileiro Alcântara de Camargo | PV | 41,314 | 1.3% |  |
| Cyro Garcia | PSTU | 12,596 | 0.4% |  |
| Fernando Leite Siqueira | PPL | 5,021 | 0.2% |  |
| Antônio Carlos Silva | PCO | 937 | <0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 3,247,070

Turnout: 79.5% (3,754,393 of 4,719,607 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 61.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.1%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 59.4%
- October 7, 2012: Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 50.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 50.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 51.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luiz Paulo Fernandez Conde, 62.2%

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

- [Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/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 Rio de Janeiro

- 2012 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election
- [2012 Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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