2012 Brazilian municipal elections

none 2012 Brazilian municipal elections Brazil legislative no 2008 Brazilian municipal elections 2008 2016 Brazilian municipal elections 2016 October 7, 2012 Mayors and councillors of all the 5,568 municipalities of Brazil 100px Rui Falcão Workers' Party (Brazil) 550 mayors 628 +78 17,260,000 16.79% 100px Valdir Raupp Brazilian Democratic Movement Party 1,193 mayors 1,025 –168 16,716,000 16.26% 100px Sérgio Guerra Brazilian Social Democratic Party 787 mayors 693 –94 13,950,000 13.57% 100px Gilberto Kassab PSD not contest 490 +490 FFCC00 100px Ciro Nogueira PP 551 mayors 469 -82 008B8B 100px Eduardo Campos PSB 310 mayors 443 +133 FF0000 The Brazilian municipal elections of 2012 took place on October 7 and on October 28 (for cities with more than 200,000 voters, where the second round is available). Over 138 million voters chose mayors, deputy mayors and city councillors for the 5,568 municipalities of Brazil.Rádio Gaúcha. "TSE divulga datas das eleições municipais de 2012" https://web.archive.org/web/20120701033826/http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/rs/politica/noticia/2011/07/tse-divulga-datas-das-eleicoes-municipais-de-2012-3381299.html 2012-07-01 . Zero Hora. 8 July 2011.UOL Eleições. "Eleitorado brasileiro cresce 6%, e supera os 138 milhões; mulheres são maioria". BOL. 30 July 2012. These were the first elections in which the recently registered parties Partido Pátria Livre (PPL) and Partido Social Democrático (PSD) participated; they were both recognized by the Superior Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral – TSE) in 2011.Murilo Matias. https://archive.today/20121231180536/http://noticias.terra.com.br/eleicoes/2012/noticias/0,,OI5860647-EI19136,00-Novos+partidos+PSD+e+PPL+estreiam+nas+urnas+neste+ano.html "Novos partidos, PSD e PPL estreiam nas urnas neste ano". Terra. 28 June 2012. Political parties whose candidates wished to run for the 2012 elections had to be registered at the TSE for at least one year before the election date, while candidates also had to be affiliated to a party for the same period of time."Eleições de 2012 serão nos dias 7 e 28 de outubro" https://web.archive.org/web/20120627041940/http://noticias.r7.com/brasil/noticias/eleicoes-de-2012-serao-nos-dias-7-e-28-de-outubro-20110629.html 2012-06-27 . R7. 29 June 2011. Conventions for the selection of candidates within the parties occurred between 10 and 30 June, while the registry of candidates and alliances with the Regional Electoral Courts (Tribunais Regionais Eleitorais – TREs) took place until July 5. Electoral campaign was authorized from the moment a candidacy had been registered. The free electoral program (propaganda eleitoral gratuita) – two daily slots on free-to-air TV and radio for political advertising paid by the Electoral Justice fund – ran weekdays from 21 August until 4 October. According to the current Brazilian electoral law, the two-round system – should the leading candidate receive less than 50% +1 of the votes – is only available for cities with more than 200,000 voters. This includes all state capitals, with the exception of Boa Vista, Roraima and Palmas, Tocantins, plus 59 other municipalities. The free electoral program for the second round ran from 13 October until 26 October. Below is a list of the cities where the runoff took place (bold denote state capitals). These cities are home to 31 725 967 of the country's total constituency of 140 646 446 registered electors; that is, 22.56% of Brazilian voters went to the polling stations on October 28. Belém, Pará Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro Blumenau, Santa Catarina Campina Grande, Paraíba Campinas, São Paulo Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul Cariacica, Espírito Santo Cascavel, Paraná Contagem, Minas Gerais Cuiabá, Mato Grosso Curitiba, Paraná Diadema, São Paulo Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Fortaleza, Ceará Franca, São Paulo Guarujá, São Paulo Guarulhos, São Paulo João Pessoa, Paraíba Joinville, Santa Catarina Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais Jundiaí, São Paulo Londrina, Paraná Macapá, Amapá Manaus, Amazonas Maringá, Paraná Mauá, São Paulo Montes Claros, Minas Gerais Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Niterói, Rio de Janeiro Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro Ponta Grossa, Paraná Porto Velho, Rondônia Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo Santo André, São Paulo Rio Branco, Acre Salvador, Bahia São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro São Luís, Maranhão São Paulo, São Paulo Sorocaba, São Paulo Taubaté, São Paulo Teresina, Piauí Uberaba, Minas Gerais Vila Velha, Espírito Santo Vitória, Espírito Santo Vitória da Conquista, Bahia Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro Election results The following tables' contents can also be found at the Superior Electoral Court website.Superior Electoral Court of Brazil. "Estatísticas Eleições 2012". TSE website. October 2012. Mayoral elections + Mayoral elections, October 7 and October 28 Party number and name Candidates elected in 1st round Candidates elected in 2nd round 25 (DEM) 273 2 65 (PCdoB) 52 3 21 (PCB) 0 0 29 (PCO) 0 0 12 (PDT) 305 3 31 (PHS) 16 0 15 (PMDB) 1014 6 33 (PMN) 43 0 11 (PP) 467 2 54 (PPL) 11 0 23 (PPS) 120 3 22 (PR) 272 1 10 (PRB) 79 1 44 (PRP) 24 0 28 (PRTB) 16 0 40 (PSB) 434 6 20 (PSC) 83 0 55 (PSD) 491 3 45 (PSDB) 699 9 27 (PSDC) 9 0 17 (PSL) 23 0 50 (PSOL) 1 1 16 (PSTU) 0 0 13 (PT) 623 8 70 (PTdoB) 24 0 14 (PTB) 293 0 36 (PTC) 18 1 19 (PTN) 12 0 43 (PV) 94 1 City councillors' elections + City councillors' elections, October 7 Party number and name Candidates elected 25 (DEM) 3267 65 (PCdoB) 972 21 (PCB) 5 29 (PCO) 0 12 (PDT) 3657 31 (PHS) 547 15 (PMDB) 7944 33 (PMN) 604 11 (PP) 4927 54 (PPL) 177 23 (PPS) 1855 22 (PR) 3175 10 (PRB) 1205 44 (PRP) 579 28 (PRTB) 414 40 (PSB) 3548 20 (PSC) 1462 55 (PSD) 4655 45 (PSDB) 5251 27 (PSDC) 446 17 (PSL) 755 50 (PSOL) 49 16 (PSTU) 2 13 (PT) 5174 70 (PTdoB) 534 14 (PTB) 3572 36 (PTC) 484 19 (PTN) 429 43 (PV) 1575 See also 2012 Goiânia mayoral election References Category:2012 elections in Brazil Category:Municipal elections in Brazil Category:October 2012 in South America