# 2012 Valença mayoral election

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

Álvaro Cabral da Silva won with 29.17% of the vote, 0.07 points ahead of Luiz Fernando Furtado da Graça.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Álvaro Cabral da Silva | PRB | 12,445 | 29.2% | Elected |
| Luiz Fernando Furtado da Graça | PP | 12,417 | 29.1% |  |
| Saulo de Tarso Pereira Correa da Silva | PSD | 8,941 | 21.0% |  |
| Fábio Alves Ramos | PR | 6,753 | 15.8% |  |
| Romulo Milagres Ribeiro | PSDB | 1,715 | 4.0% |  |
| Francisco de Paula dos Reis Lima | PSOL | 400 | 0.9% |  |

Valid votes: 42,671

Turnout: 80.8% (46,408 of 57,459 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Saulo de Tarso Pereira Correa da Silva, 50.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Luiz Fernando Furtado da Graça, 46.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Luiz Fernando Furtado da Graça, 50.9%
- October 7, 2012: Álvaro Cabral da Silva, 29.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Vicente de Paula de Souza Guedes, 50.1%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Fernando Pereira Graca, 46.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Luiz Antonio da Costa Carvalho Correa da Silva, 43.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Fernando Pereira Graca, 42.2%

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

- [Valença Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/valenca/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 Valença

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

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