# 2012 Jaçanã municipal election

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

Turnout: 5,350 of 6,479 registered voters (82.6%). −5.4 points since 2008.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Esdras Fernandes Farias | DEM | 3,185 | 65.2% | Elected |
| Evanuel Paulo | PPS | 1,703 | 34.8% |  |

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

Partido da República won 4 of the 9 seats, with 35.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido da República | 1,789 | 35.2% | 4 |
| Democratas | 1,369 | 26.9% | 3 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 775 | 15.2% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 725 | 14.3% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 402 | 7.9% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 12 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 7 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 4 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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