# 2012 Viamão mayoral election

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

Valdir Bonatto won with 38.2% of the vote, 3.2 points ahead of Robinson Duarte de Souza.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valdir Bonatto | PSDB | 43,283 | 38.2% | Elected |
| Robinson Duarte de Souza | PT | 39,614 | 35.0% |  |
| Antônio Geraldo de Souza Henriques Filho | PSB | 16,872 | 14.9% |  |
| Romer dos Santos Guex | PSOL | 13,513 | 11.9% |  |

Valid votes: 113,282

Turnout: 83.9% (136,601 of 162,745 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Rafael Bortoletti Dalla Nora, 48.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Valdir Bonatto, 25.8%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): André Nunes Pacheco, 57.8%
- October 7, 2012: Valdir Bonatto, 38.2%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Alex Sander Alves Boscaini, 46.3%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Alex Sander Alves Boscaini, 29.7%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Eliseu Fagundes Chaves, 37.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Eliseu Fagundes Chaves, 49.6%

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

- [Viamão Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/viamao/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 Viamão

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

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