# 2012 Galinhos Municipal Chamber election

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

Partido da República won 2 of the 9 seats, with 14.2% of the vote.

Seats: PR 2, PMDB 2, DEM 1, PSB 1, PDT 1, PSDB 1, and PTB 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratas | 319 | 16.3% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 305 | 15.6% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido da República | 277 | 14.2% | 2 | Elected |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 256 | 13.1% | 2 | Elected |
| Progressistas | 220 | 11.2% |  |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 162 | 8.3% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 113 | 5.8% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 110 | 5.6% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 103 | 5.3% |  |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 78 | 4.0% |  |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 7 | 0.4% |  |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 5 | 0.3% |  |  |
| Partido Verde | 1 | 0.1% |  |  |

Valid votes: 1,956

Turnout: 92.3% (2,006 of 2,173 registered)

## Candidates by list

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

### Unidos por Galinhos, o Trabalho Está de Volta

990 votes, 5 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Wendel de Lima Ribeiro | PMDB | 129 | Elected |
| Vanuelbe Lima da Rocha | PTB | 105 | Elected |
| Denise Silva da Costa | DEM | 101 | Elected |
| Marcio André da Silva Vale | PSB | 101 | Elected |
| Cledovaldo da Silva Ribeiro | PMDB | 73 | Elected |
| Maria de Lourdes da Silva Pereira | DEM | 72 |  |
| Silvio Henrique Felipe Ribeiro | PSB | 70 |  |
| Lucimar da Silva Bandeira | DEM | 65 |  |
| Maria Antônia França Barbosa | DEM | 61 |  |
| Mario Helison da Silva Lima | PSB | 59 |  |
| Luiz Gonsaga da Silva | PSB | 54 |  |
| Marcio Lourival da Silva Pereira | PMDB | 30 |  |
| Severina Lima Caetano | PSB | 17 |  |
| Nizia Galvão de Assunção | PMDB | 15 |  |
| Flavio Ferreira de Miranda | PMDB | 2 |  |
| Pascoal Bernardino Ribeiro | PMDB | 2 |  |
| Manoel Vitorino de Andrade | PSB | 1 |  |
| Joan da Costa Simão | DEM | 0 |  |

### Unidos a Favor do Povo de Galinhos

954 votes, 4 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Afranio Reis Cavalcante | PR | 147 | Elected |
| Casillo Praxedes de Aquino | PDT | 139 | Elected |
| Francisca Antonia da Silva | PR | 117 | Elected |
| Maria Jeane da Silva Salustino | PSDB | 109 | Elected |
| Rozelia Rodrigues da Silva | PP | 103 |  |
| Jose Carlos Bezerra Viana | PP | 77 |  |
| Francisco Nunes da Cruz | PSDC | 57 |  |
| Jose Boa Maciel | PSD | 57 |  |
| Von Rommel de Freitas Fabricio | PSDC | 33 |  |
| Edmilson Dias Tavares | PSD | 19 |  |
| Nilberto Ferreira Galvão | PDT | 17 |  |
| Ana Maria Fonseca | PSDC | 13 |  |
| Francinaldo da Silva Cruz | PR | 0 |  |
| Hitamara Cristina Ferreira da Cruz | PDT | 0 |  |
| José Morais Pereira | PP | 0 |  |
| Tarciliano Gomes da Silva | PSDC | 0 |  |

### O Povo na Prefeitura

12 votes, 0 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enilde Morais Maciel | PRB | 5 |  |
| Hebert Duarte | PMN | 3 |  |
| José Itamar Miranda de Brito | PRB | 0 |  |

## This race in other years

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

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

- [Galinhos mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/galinhos/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 Galinhos

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

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