# 2012 Pau D Arco mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to.md) / [Pau D Arco](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco.md), October 7, 2012

Laudeci Ribeiro da Silva Mendes won with 58.7% of the vote, 17.4 points ahead of José Carlos Domingos Ferreira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laudeci Ribeiro da Silva Mendes | PMDB | 1,593 | 58.7% | Elected |
| José Carlos Domingos Ferreira | PSDB | 1,121 | 41.3% |  |

Valid votes: 2,714

Turnout: 82.4% (2,856 of 3,466 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Gilmar Oliveira Souza, 42.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): João Batista Neto, 56.9%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): João Batista Neto, 43.9%
- October 7, 2012: Laudeci Ribeiro da Silva Mendes, 58.7%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Edimar Alves Pinheiro, 52.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Edimar Alves Pinheiro, 52.3%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Carlos Domingos Ferreira, 49.0%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Carlos Domingos Ferreira, 46.9%

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

- [Pau D Arco Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/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 Pau D Arco

- 2012 Pau D Arco mayoral election
- [2012 Pau D Arco Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2012-10-07-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/pau-d-arco/2012-10-07-local/mayor.json.