# 2012 Ponte Alta do Tocantins mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to.md) / [Ponte Alta do Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins.md), October 7, 2012

José Aparecido de Araujo won with 58.5% of the vote, 17.1 points ahead of Ascinete Maria Mascarenhas Medeiros de Queiroz.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Aparecido de Araujo | PPS | 2,476 | 58.5% | Elected |
| Ascinete Maria Mascarenhas Medeiros de Queiroz | PSDB | 1,754 | 41.5% |  |

Valid votes: 4,230

Turnout: 85.1% (4,496 of 5,286 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Kedson Machado Alves, 42.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Kleber Rodrigues de Sousa, 50.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Kleber Rodrigues de Sousa, 28.6%
- October 7, 2012: José Aparecido de Araujo, 58.5%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Cleyton Maia Barros, 56.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Artur Alcides de Souza Barros, 41.5%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Luiz Carlos Alves de Queiroz, 53.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Artur Alcides de Sousa Barros, 52.5%

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

- [Ponte Alta do Tocantins Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/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 Ponte Alta do Tocantins

- 2012 Ponte Alta do Tocantins mayoral election
- [2012 Ponte Alta do Tocantins Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/ponte-alta-do-tocantins/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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