# 2012 Santa Cruz municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Santa Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/santa-cruz.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 21,875 of 25,698 registered voters (85.1%). −1.4 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of Santa Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/santa-cruz/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fernanda Costa Bezerra | PMDB | 10,795 | 52.1% | Elected |
| José Pericles Farias da Rocha | PSD | 8,499 | 41.0% |  |
| Petrônio Souza Spinelli | PT | 1,364 | 6.6% |  |
| Iraquitan Bruno da Costa | PSDC | 55 | 0.3% |  |

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

Partido Social Democrático won 3 of the 9 seats, with 25.8% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Social Democrático | 5,388 | 25.8% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,947 | 14.1% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 2,632 | 12.6% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 2,415 | 11.5% | 2 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 1,697 | 8.1% | 1 |
| Partido Verde | 1,364 | 6.5% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 1,214 | 5.8% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 935 | 4.5% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 719 | 3.4% |  |
| Democratas | 695 | 3.3% |  |
| Podemos | 328 | 1.6% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 271 | 1.3% |  |
| Progressistas | 198 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 48 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 46 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 18 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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