# 2012 Horizontina mayoral election

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

Nildo Hickmann won with 57.2% of the vote, 14.3 points ahead of Marcos Aurélio Schneider.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nildo Hickmann | PT | 7,079 | 57.2% | Elected |
| Marcos Aurélio Schneider | PPS | 5,304 | 42.8% |  |

Valid votes: 12,383

Turnout: 86.9% (12,841 of 14,785 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jones Jehn da Cunha, 59.9%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jones Jehn da Cunha, 48.1%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Antonio Otacilio Lajus, 48.4%
- October 7, 2012: Nildo Hickmann, 57.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Irineu Colato, 35.2%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joao de Oliveira Borges, 46.5%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Irineu Colato, 50.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Eduardo Jorge Horst, 55.4%

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

- [Horizontina Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/horizontina/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 Horizontina

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

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