# 2012 Capitão mayoral election

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

Cesar Luis Beneduzi won with 50.7% of the vote, 1.5 points ahead of Paulo Cesar Scheidt.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cesar Luis Beneduzi | PDT | 1,250 | 50.7% | Elected |
| Paulo Cesar Scheidt | PMDB | 1,214 | 49.3% |  |

Valid votes: 2,464

Turnout: 97.8% (2,506 of 2,563 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Márcio André da Costa, 53.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jari Hunhoff, 61.7%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Paulo Cesar Scheidt, 56.3%
- October 7, 2012: Cesar Luis Beneduzi, 50.7%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Jari Hunhoff, 55.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jari Hunhoff, 64.5%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Cesar Luis Beneduzi, 55.2%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Cesar Luis Beneduzi, 50.6%

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

- [Capitão Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/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 Capitão

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

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