# 2012 Barão de Cotegipe municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Barão de Cotegipe](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 5,066 of 5,487 registered voters (92.3%). +0.55 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of Barão de Cotegipe](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fernando Paulo Balbinot | PT | 2,540 | 52.2% | Elected |
| Orides Farina | PTB | 2,324 | 47.8% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Barão de Cotegipe](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 2 of the 9 seats, with 29.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1,455 | 29.7% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,174 | 24.0% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 904 | 18.5% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 678 | 13.9% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 397 | 8.1% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 240 | 4.9% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 46 | 0.9% |  |

## Contests

- [2012 Barão de Cotegipe mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)
- [2012 Barão de Cotegipe Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2012-10-07-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2012-10-07-local.json.