# 2012 Goianinha mayoral election

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

Geraldo Rocha e Silva Junior won with 78.1% of the vote, 56.3 points ahead of Manoel Ferreira da Silva.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geraldo Rocha e Silva Junior | PMDB | 10,872 | 78.1% | Elected |
| Manoel Ferreira da Silva | PT | 3,043 | 21.9% |  |

Valid votes: 13,915

Turnout: 89.3% (15,872 of 17,783 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Hosanira Galvão, 50.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Hosanira Galvão, 53.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Rudemberg Honório Lisboa, 51.6%
- October 7, 2012: Geraldo Rocha e Silva Junior, 78.1%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Geraldo Rocha e Silva Junior, 77.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Rudson Raimundo Honorio Lisboa, 57.4%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Rudson Raimundo Honorio Lisboa, 56.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Wilton Gomes Machado Galego do Posto, 53.7%

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

- [Goianinha Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/goianinha/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 Goianinha

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

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