# 2012 Palmares do Sul mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Palmares do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul.md), October 7, 2012

Paulo Henrique Mendes Lang won with 63.6% of the vote, 45.0 points ahead of Joao Tadeu Vasconcellos da Silva.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Henrique Mendes Lang | PT | 5,279 | 63.6% | Elected |
| Joao Tadeu Vasconcellos da Silva | PTB | 1,543 | 18.6% |  |
| Idene de Lourdes Giordani Boschetti | PSDB | 1,032 | 12.4% |  |
| Ellis Regina Gregori | PSD | 440 | 5.3% |  |

Valid votes: 8,294

Turnout: 80.7% (8,798 of 10,908 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Regis Bauermann, 41.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Mauricio da Silva Muniz, 49.8%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Paulo Henrique Mendes Lang, 47.1%
- October 7, 2012: Paulo Henrique Mendes Lang, 63.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Ernesto Ortiz Romacho, 38.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joao Tadeu Vasconcellos da Silva, 41.8%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Joao Tadeu Vasconcellos da Silva, 43.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luciano Santanna Bins, 54.7%

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

- [Palmares do Sul Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/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 Palmares do Sul

- 2012 Palmares do Sul mayoral election
- [2012 Palmares do Sul Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/palmares-do-sul/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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