# 2012 Capitão municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Capitão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 2,506 of 2,563 registered voters (97.8%). +0.24 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of Capitão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cesar Luis Beneduzi | PDT | 1,250 | 50.7% | Elected |
| Paulo Cesar Scheidt | PMDB | 1,214 | 49.3% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Capitão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capitao/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 30.8% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 801 | 32.4% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 761 | 30.8% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 725 | 29.3% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 185 | 7.5% |  |

## Contests

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

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