# 2012 Triunfo mayoral election

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

Marcelo Essvein won with 54.1% of the vote, 10.7 points ahead of Mauro Fornari Poeta.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marcelo Essvein | PDT | 10,885 | 54.1% | Elected |
| Mauro Fornari Poeta | PMDB | 8,741 | 43.4% |  |
| Valdair Gabriel Kuhn | PSB | 501 | 2.5% |  |

Valid votes: 20,127

Turnout: 91.3% (21,049 of 23,053 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Marcelo Essvein, 67.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Murilo Machado Silva, 66.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Valdair Gabriel Kuhn, 37.3%
- October 7, 2012: Marcelo Essvein, 54.1%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Pedro Francisco Tavares, 69.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Ezequiel Meireles de Souza, 56.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Ezequiel Meireles de Souza, 49.0%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Bento Goncalves dos Santos, 56.5%

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

- [Triunfo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/triunfo/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 Triunfo

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

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