# 2012 Vera Cruz mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Vera Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz.md), October 7, 2012

João Paulo Pinho Cabral won with 60.5% of the vote, 21.0 points ahead of Marleide Maciel Pinheiro Borges.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Paulo Pinho Cabral | PMDB | 4,645 | 60.5% | Elected |
| Marleide Maciel Pinheiro Borges | PSD | 3,033 | 39.5% |  |

Valid votes: 7,678

Turnout: 90.0% (8,265 of 9,186 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jose Junior de Oliveira, 51.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Marcos Antonio Cabral, 60.0%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Marcos Antonio Cabral, 47.5%
- October 7, 2012: João Paulo Pinho Cabral, 60.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Marcos Antonio Cabral, 64.7%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Marcos Antonio Cabral, 45.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Francisco Nunes Pinheiro Borges, 51.2%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luziarte Tavares de Freitas, 50.2%

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

- [Vera Cruz Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/vera-cruz/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 Vera Cruz

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

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