# 2012 Taipas do Tocantins mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to.md) / [Taipas do Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins.md), October 7, 2012

Orlando Proênça won with 58.3% of the vote, 16.7 points ahead of Joaquim Carlos Azevedo.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orlando Proênça | PSDB | 902 | 58.3% | Elected |
| Joaquim Carlos Azevedo | PSD | 644 | 41.7% |  |

Valid votes: 1,546

Turnout: 90.8% (1,626 of 1,791 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Maria do Socorro Carvalho dos Santos, 55.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Silvio Romério Cardoso Ribeiro Araújo, 84.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Silvio Romério Cardoso Ribeiro Araújo, 59.1%
- October 7, 2012: Orlando Proênça, 58.3%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Orlando Proênça, 100.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Carlos Azevedo, 55.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Joaquim Carlos Azevedo, 50.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-do-tocantins/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Rainel Rodrigues Pereira, 46.6%

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

- [Taipas do Tocantins Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/taipas-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 Taipas do Tocantins

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

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