# 2012 Butiá mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Butiá](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia.md), October 7, 2012

Paulo Roberto Felix Machado won with 45.3% of the vote, 22.5 points ahead of Carlos Alberto Serba Varreira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Roberto Felix Machado | PT | 5,966 | 45.3% | Elected |
| Carlos Alberto Serba Varreira | PDT | 3,007 | 22.8% |  |
| Fernando Ruskowski Lopes | PP | 2,631 | 20.0% |  |
| Eugenio da Silva Leite | PSB | 936 | 7.1% |  |
| Saulo Moises Lopes Martins | PSDB | 639 | 4.8% |  |

Valid votes: 13,179

Turnout: 84.3% (13,994 of 16,596 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jefferson Salatiel da Silva Vieira, 58.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Daniel Pereira de Almeida, 55.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Fernando Ruskowski Lopes, 52.5%
- October 7, 2012: Paulo Roberto Felix Machado, 45.3%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Sergio Severo Malta, 40.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Sergio Severo Malta, 63.4%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Fernando Ruskowski Lopes, 25.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Ademir Garcia Mendes, 50.8%

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

- [Butiá Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/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 Butiá

- 2012 Butiá mayoral election
- [2012 Butiá Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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