# 2012 Portão municipal election

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

Turnout: 20,242 of 23,006 registered voters (88.0%). −1.4 points since 2008.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Odete Rigon | PMDB | 9,652 | 52.3% | Elected |
| Marcus Gilberto Schuh | PT | 5,149 | 27.9% |  |
| Jose Renato das Chagas | PDT | 2,879 | 15.6% |  |
| Verlane Scherer Jurique | PSDB | 785 | 4.3% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 11 seats, with 35.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 6,748 | 35.6% | 4 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 3,982 | 21.0% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 3,269 | 17.2% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 2,701 | 14.2% | 2 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 800 | 4.2% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 652 | 3.4% |  |
| Progressistas | 366 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 353 | 1.9% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 99 | 0.5% |  |

## Contests

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

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