# 2012 Riacho da Cruz Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Riacho da Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz.md), October 7, 2012 Democratas won 6 of the 9 seats, with 58.1% of the vote. Seats: DEM 6, PMDB 2, and PTB 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Democratas | 1,426 | 58.1% | 6 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 723 | 29.5% | 2 | Elected | | Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 150 | 6.1% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Verde | 135 | 5.5% | | | | Partido da República | 17 | 0.7% | | | | Partido dos Trabalhadores | 4 | 0.2% | | | Valid votes: 2,455 Turnout: 95.3% (2,560 of 2,686 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Vitória do Povo 1,728 votes, 7 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claudio Uberlane de Sá | DEM | 308 | Elected | | João Maria de Paiva Soares | DEM | 209 | Elected | | Paulo Cesar de Amorim Alencar | DEM | 186 | Elected | | Gilson Amorim | DEM | 166 | Elected | | Cleomilson Paulo da Silva | PTB | 147 | Elected | | José Lazaro Gomes de Lucena | DEM | 144 | Elected | | Francisco Giordano de Paiva Freitas | PV | 134 | | | Maria Irani de Oliveira | DEM | 134 | Elected | | José das Chagas de Oliveira Neto | DEM | 126 | | | Eliete Pereira Pinto de Freitas | DEM | 49 | | | José Robério Alves | DEM | 12 | | | Maria Veralucia Rego de Araujo Dantas | DEM | 5 | | | Ana Cristina Lucena Moura | DEM | 0 | | | Maria Eliza da Rocha | DEM | 0 | | | Osvaldo Rodrigues Soares | DEM | 0 | | ### Muda Riacho da Cruz 727 votes, 2 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jackson Soares de Freitas | PMDB | 203 | Elected | | Edmilson Cavalcante de Oliveira | PMDB | 195 | Elected | | Rillen Rossy Rocha Reges | PMDB | 113 | | | Jose Ribeiro Vieira | PMDB | 66 | | | Claudivan Fernandes de Queiroz | PMDB | 65 | | | Sebastiao Flavio Oliveira | PMDB | 18 | | | Francisco Tomaildes Ribeiro | PT | 4 | | | Jose Erenilson Sobrinho | PMDB | 4 | | | Luana Vilnia Carneiro de Oliveira | PMDB | 3 | | | Francisca Tania da Silva Oliveira | PMDB | 1 | | | Glaucia Maria Pereira de Meneses Silva | PMDB | 0 | | | Maria de Lourdes Cavalcante | PMDB | 0 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Progressistas - [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Social Democrático, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas - October 7, 2012: list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas - [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Verde, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Verde, Democratas, Partido Verde, Democratas - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 7, 2012 - [Riacho da Cruz mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/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 Riacho da Cruz - [2012 Riacho da Cruz mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md) - 2012 Riacho da Cruz Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.json.