# 2012 Canoas mayoral election

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

Jairo Jorge da Silva won with 71.3% of the vote, 55.8 points ahead of Gisele Gomes Uequed.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jairo Jorge da Silva | PT | 126,323 | 71.3% | Elected |
| Gisele Gomes Uequed | PTN | 27,415 | 15.5% |  |
| Jesus Humberto Coffi Rodrigues | PSDB | 21,054 | 11.9% |  |
| Paulo Sérgio da Silva | PSOL | 1,400 | 0.8% |  |
| Varner da Rosa Ripoll | PSTU | 687 | 0.4% |  |
| João Luís Ilha | PHS | 355 | 0.2% |  |

Valid votes: 177,234

Turnout: 89.9% (205,757 of 228,802 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Airton José de Souza, 52.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jairo Jorge da Silva, 53.1%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Luiz Carlos Ghiorzzi Busato, 51.3%
- October 7, 2012: Jairo Jorge da Silva, 71.3%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Jairo Jorge da Silva, 52.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Marcos Antonio Ronchetti, 70.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Marcos Antonio Ronchetti, 50.6%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Hugo Simoes Lagranha, 58.6%

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

- [Canoas Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/canoas/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 Canoas

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

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