# 2012 Encanto mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Encanto](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto.md), October 7, 2012

Alberone Neri de Oliveira Lima won with 57.0% of the vote, 14.1 points ahead of Francisco Canindé da Costa.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alberone Neri de Oliveira Lima | DEM | 2,182 | 57.0% | Elected |
| Francisco Canindé da Costa | PMDB | 1,643 | 43.0% |  |

Valid votes: 3,825

Turnout: 91.2% (3,994 of 4,377 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Alberone Neri de Oliveira Lima, 65.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Alberone Neri de Oliveira Lima, 51.0%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Atevaldo Nazario da Silva, 100.0%
- October 7, 2012: Alberone Neri de Oliveira Lima, 57.0%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Alberone Neri de Oliveira Lima, 52.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Goncalo Chaves Leite Neto, 75.3%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Goncalo Chaves Leite Neto, 76.8%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Valdecio Januario do Rego, 57.9%

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

- [Encanto Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/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 Encanto

- 2012 Encanto mayoral election
- [2012 Encanto Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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