# 2012 Upanema mayoral election

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

Luiz Jairo Bezerra de Mendonça won with 55.6% of the vote, 11.2 points ahead of Manoel Carlos de Oliveira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luiz Jairo Bezerra de Mendonça | PR | 5,070 | 55.6% | Elected |
| Manoel Carlos de Oliveira | PMDB | 4,046 | 44.4% |  |

Valid votes: 9,116

Turnout: 91.7% (9,455 of 10,310 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Renan Mendonca Fernandes, 67.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Renan Mendonca Fernandes, 54.8%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Luiz Jairo Bezerra de Mendonça, 50.9%
- October 7, 2012: Luiz Jairo Bezerra de Mendonça, 55.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Maria Stella Freire da Costa, 55.3%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jorge Luiz Costa de Oliveira, 61.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Jorge Luiz Costa de Oliveira, 61.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Amarildo Martins Tavares, 52.3%

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

- [Upanema Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/upanema/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 Upanema

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

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