# 2012 Pontão municipal election

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

Turnout: 3,136 of 3,299 registered voters (95.1%). −0.80 points since 2008.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nelson Jose Grasselli | PT | 1,532 | 50.8% | Elected |
| Fernando Agostinho Manica | PSB | 1,484 | 49.2% |  |

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

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 3 of the 9 seats, with 29.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 912 | 29.7% | 3 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 712 | 23.2% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 390 | 12.7% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 371 | 12.1% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 371 | 12.1% | 2 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 162 | 5.3% |  |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 60 | 2.0% |  |
| Progressistas | 48 | 1.6% |  |
| Democratas | 41 | 1.3% |  |

## Contests

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

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