# 2012 Pelotas municipal election

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

Turnout: 207,719 of 250,790 registered voters (82.8%). −1.4 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of Pelotas](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2012-10-28-runoff/mayor.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eduardo Figueiredo Cavalheiro Leite | PSDB | 110,823 | 57.2% | Elected |
| Fernando Stephan Marroni | PT | 83,079 | 42.8% |  |

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

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 4 of the 21 seats, with 18.8% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 35,661 | 18.8% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 22,777 | 12.0% | 3 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 19,864 | 10.5% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 17,066 | 9.0% | 2 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 14,824 | 7.8% | 2 |
| Democratas | 14,538 | 7.7% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 13,208 | 7.0% | 2 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 12,361 | 6.5% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 10,788 | 5.7% | 1 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 6,365 | 3.4% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 6,072 | 3.2% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 4,273 | 2.3% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 3,538 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido Social Democrático | 2,716 | 1.4% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 1,048 | 0.6% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 977 | 0.5% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 959 | 0.5% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 693 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Verde | 545 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 477 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 446 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Pátria Livre | 250 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 117 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

- [2012 Pelotas municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2012-10-28-runoff.md), October 28, 2012

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