# 2012 Tapera mayoral election

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

Ireneu Orth won with 52.4% of the vote, 4.8 points ahead of Nestor Arnemann.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ireneu Orth | PP | 3,578 | 52.4% | Elected |
| Nestor Arnemann | PTB | 3,250 | 47.6% |  |

Valid votes: 6,828

Turnout: 87.6% (7,155 of 8,171 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Osvaldo Henrich Filho, 52.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Volmar Helmut Kuhn, 58.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Volmar Helmut Kuhn, 54.6%
- October 7, 2012: Ireneu Orth, 52.4%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Ireneu Orth, 50.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Nestor Arnemann, 42.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Nelson Balensiefer, 67.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luiz Antonio Brunori, 55.4%

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

- [Tapera Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/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 Tapera

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

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