# 2012 Severiano Melo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Severiano Melo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo.md), October 7, 2012

Dagoberto Bessa Cavalcante won with 53.3% of the vote, 6.5 points ahead of Raimundo Alves de Lima.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dagoberto Bessa Cavalcante | PSD | 3,266 | 53.3% | Elected |
| Raimundo Alves de Lima | DEM | 2,866 | 46.7% |  |

Valid votes: 6,132

Turnout: 88.0% (6,468 of 7,347 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jacinto Lopes de Carvalho, 54.9%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jacinto Lopes de Carvalho, 51.7%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Dagoberto Bessa Cavalcante, 52.6%
- October 7, 2012: Dagoberto Bessa Cavalcante, 53.3%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Silvestre Monteiro Martins, 51.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Silvestre Monteiro Martins, 51.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Genildo de Freitas Melo, 100.0%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Silvestre Monteiro Martins, 52.2%

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

- [Severiano Melo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/severiano-melo/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 Severiano Melo

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

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