# 2012 Areal municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Areal](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/areal.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 8,219 of 9,143 registered voters (89.9%). −2.7 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of Areal](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/areal/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waldeth Brasiel Rinaldi | PR | 3,661 | 47.6% | Elected |
| Geraldo da Cruz Alves | PMDB | 3,541 | 46.0% |  |
| José de Araujo Arruda | PT | 488 | 6.3% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Areal](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/areal/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Partido da República won 1 of the 9 seats, with 16.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido da República | 1,316 | 16.7% | 1 |
| Podemos | 936 | 11.9% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 871 | 11.0% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 779 | 9.9% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 744 | 9.4% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 739 | 9.4% | 1 |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 569 | 7.2% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 482 | 6.1% | 1 |
| Democratas | 432 | 5.5% | 1 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 376 | 4.8% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 208 | 2.6% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 152 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 72 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 63 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 58 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 55 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 43 | 0.5% |  |

## Contests

- [2012 Areal mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/areal/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)
- [2012 Areal Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/areal/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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