# 2012 Arroio do Meio mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Arroio do Meio](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio.md), October 7, 2012

Sidnei Eckert won with 48.5% of the vote, 7.5 points ahead of Danilo José Bruxel.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sidnei Eckert | PMDB | 6,641 | 48.5% | Elected |
| Danilo José Bruxel | PP | 5,611 | 41.0% |  |
| Lúcio Roque Bersch | PV | 1,449 | 10.6% |  |

Valid votes: 13,701

Turnout: 90.6% (14,164 of 15,632 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Sidnei Eckert, 48.6%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Danilo José Bruxel, 51.9%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Klaus Werner Schnack, 53.2%
- October 7, 2012: Sidnei Eckert, 48.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Sidnei Eckert, 60.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Danilo José Bruxel, 58.7%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Danilo José Bruxel, 51.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Paulo Steiner, 47.4%

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

- [Arroio do Meio Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/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 Arroio do Meio

- 2012 Arroio do Meio mayoral election
- [2012 Arroio do Meio Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2012-10-07-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2012-10-07-local/mayor.json.