# 2012 Tangará mayoral election

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

Alcimar Germano Bento Pinheiro e Alves won with 53.5% of the vote, 7.1 points ahead of Miriam Paiva de Melo Lima.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alcimar Germano Bento Pinheiro e Alves | PMN | 5,328 | 53.5% | Elected |
| Miriam Paiva de Melo Lima | PSB | 4,626 | 46.5% |  |

Valid votes: 9,954

Turnout: 85.4% (10,532 of 12,334 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Augusto Cesar Emmanuel Pinheiro e Alves, 55.8%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jose Airton Bezerra, 54.7%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra, 50.8%
- October 7, 2012: Alcimar Germano Bento Pinheiro e Alves, 53.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra, 51.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra, 54.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Giovannu Cesar Pinheiro e Alves, 55.2%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Giovannu Cesar Pinheiro e Alves, 56.4%

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

- [Tangará Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/tangara/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 Tangará

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

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