# 2012 Encanto municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Encanto](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 3,994 of 4,377 registered voters (91.2%). −5.7 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of Encanto](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alberone Neri de Oliveira Lima | DEM | 2,182 | 57.0% | Elected |
| Francisco Canindé da Costa | PMDB | 1,643 | 43.0% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Encanto](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Democratas won 5 of the 9 seats, with 57.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratas | 2,194 | 57.5% | 5 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 558 | 14.6% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 507 | 13.3% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 293 | 7.7% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 198 | 5.2% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 65 | 1.7% |  |

## Contests

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2012-10-07-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2012-10-07-local.json.