# 2012 Quaraí mayoral election

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

Ricardo Olechea Gadret won with 39.2% of the vote, 2.2 points ahead of Joao Erico Silva da Luz Junior.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ricardo Olechea Gadret | PTB | 5,645 | 39.2% | Elected |
| Joao Erico Silva da Luz Junior | PSD | 5,334 | 37.1% |  |
| Mario Augusto Teixeira de Sousa | PP | 3,148 | 21.9% |  |
| Juarez Custodio Gomes | PRB | 264 | 1.8% |  |

Valid votes: 14,391

Turnout: 79.4% (14,858 of 18,723 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jeferson da Silva Pires, 54.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Jeferson da Silva Pires, 48.9%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Ricardo Olechea Gadret, 63.3%
- October 7, 2012: Ricardo Olechea Gadret, 39.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): João Carlos Vieira Gediel, 89.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): João Carlos Vieira Gediel, 52.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Carlos Silveira Gadret, 63.4%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Carlos Silveira Gadret, 46.0%

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

- [Quaraí Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/quarai/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 Quaraí

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

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