# 2012 Ouro Branco mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Ouro Branco](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco.md), October 7, 2012

Maria de Fátima Araújo da Silva won with 59.7% of the vote, 19.4 points ahead of Luzia Dantas de Araújo Lucena.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria de Fátima Araújo da Silva | PT | 2,210 | 59.7% | Elected |
| Luzia Dantas de Araújo Lucena | PR | 1,493 | 40.3% |  |

Valid votes: 3,703

Turnout: 93.0% (3,847 of 4,138 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Samuel Oliveira de Souto, 61.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Samuel Oliveira de Souto, 53.9%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Maria de Fátima Araújo da Silva, 62.6%
- October 7, 2012: Maria de Fátima Araújo da Silva, 59.7%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Nilton Medeiros, 70.1%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Nilton Medeiros, 65.8%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Jose Batista de Lucena, 71.4%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jose Batista de Lucena, 46.3%

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

- [Ouro Branco Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/ouro-branco/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 Ouro Branco

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

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