# 2012 Porto Alegre mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Porto Alegre](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre.md), October 7, 2012

Jose Alberto Reus Fortunati won with 65.2% of the vote, 47.5 points ahead of Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jose Alberto Reus Fortunati | PDT | 517,969 | 65.2% | Elected |
| Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila | PCdoB | 141,073 | 17.8% |  |
| Adão Roberto Rodrigues Villaverde | PT | 76,548 | 9.6% |  |
| Carlos Roberto de Souza Robaina | PSOL | 30,577 | 3.8% |  |
| Wambert Gomes Di Lorenzo | PSDB | 19,514 | 2.5% |  |
| Jocelin Azambuja | PSL | 4,412 | 0.6% |  |
| Erico Roni Maslinkiewicz Correa | PSTU | 4,122 | 0.5% |  |

Valid votes: 794,215

Turnout: 81.4% (876,607 of 1,076,263 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 61.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 60.5%
- October 7, 2012: Jose Alberto Reus Fortunati, 65.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 58.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 53.3%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Tarso Fernando Herz Genro, 63.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Raul Jorge Anglada Pont, 54.9%

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

- [Porto Alegre Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/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 Porto Alegre

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

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