# 2012 Lajes municipal election

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

Turnout: 7,759 of 8,861 registered voters (87.6%). −4.5 points since 2008.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luiz Leocadio de Araujo | PMDB | 4,625 | 64.6% | Elected |
| Maria de Lourdes Silva de Arruda Morais | PSDB | 1,280 | 17.9% |  |
| Raimundo Nonato Cunha dos Santos Júnior | PT | 1,255 | 17.5% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 28.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,133 | 28.6% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 1,060 | 14.2% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 960 | 12.9% | 2 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 666 | 8.9% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 609 | 8.2% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 432 | 5.8% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 352 | 4.7% | 1 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 347 | 4.7% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 288 | 3.9% |  |
| Partido da República | 259 | 3.5% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 257 | 3.4% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 69 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 13 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 8 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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