# 2012 Encanto Municipal Chamber 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

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

Seats: DEM 5, PSB 2, PT 1, and PP 1.

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

Valid votes: 3,815

Turnout: 91.2% (3,994 of 4,377 registered)

## Candidates by list

9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes

### Democratas

2,194 votes, 5 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raimundo Nonato Nogueira | DEM | 358 | Elected |
| Atevaldo Nazario da Silva | DEM | 298 | Elected |
| Rosemary Fernandes Aquino de Queiroz | DEM | 284 | Elected |
| Sueleido Chaves da Silva | DEM | 269 | Elected |
| Jose de Anchieta Fernandes de Souza | DEM | 234 | Elected |
| Edna Augusto Granjeiro | DEM | 214 |  |
| Carlos Victor de Souza Costa | DEM | 124 |  |
| Reinildo Carlos Castro | DEM | 114 |  |
| Edilson Luiz Morais dos Santos | DEM | 87 |  |
| Hermano Fernandes Simão | DEM | 61 |  |
| Cassimiro Silva Lima | DEM | 46 |  |
| Aldeice Alves de Souza | DEM | 0 |  |
| Maria de Fatima Nazario | DEM | 0 |  |

### Compromisso com a Verdade

1,621 votes, 4 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luzimar Carlos de Lima | PSB | 256 | Elected |
| Francisca Edvirgens Chaves Leite | PSB | 207 | Elected |
| Maria Jussioneide Pereira de Bessa | PP | 195 | Elected |
| Marcondes Apolonio de Souza | PT | 183 | Elected |
| Luciano Alves Ribeiro | PT | 179 |  |
| Maria Francisca Pereira de Araujo | PT | 132 |  |
| Jose Ailton de Castro | PSB | 87 |  |
| Jucelio Patricio da Silva | PP | 72 |  |
| Maria Jose Fernandes do Nascimento | PMDB | 61 |  |
| Antonio Wilson Fernandes Marques | PMDB | 57 |  |
| Lavoisier Lamarck Dantas Bezerra | PSD | 36 |  |
| Elza Augusto Granjeiro | PSD | 28 |  |
| Josemar de Souza Barbosa | PMDB | 24 |  |
| Jose Assuero da Costa | PMDB | 3 |  |
| Maria Luziana Castro Costa | PMDB | 0 |  |

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Liberal, list, Partido Liberal, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Republicanos, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Democratas, Republicanos, Democratas
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Comunista do Brasil, Solidariedade, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Avante
- October 7, 2012: Democratas, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido dos Trabalhadores
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Socialista Brasileiro, list, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Social Cristão, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Social Cristão
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira

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

- [Encanto mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2012-10-07-local/mayor.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 Encanto

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

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