# 2012 São José do Norte municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [São José do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-do-norte.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 18,183 of 21,071 registered voters (86.3%). −2.2 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of São José do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-do-norte/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zeny dos Santos Oliveira | PSDB | 6,386 | 36.8% | Elected |
| Jorge Sandi Madruga | PT | 6,370 | 36.7% |  |
| Luiz Fernando da Silva Arteiro | PMDB | 4,588 | 26.5% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of São José do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-do-norte/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 2 of the 9 seats, with 21.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 3,705 | 21.1% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 3,341 | 19.0% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 2,788 | 15.9% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 2,550 | 14.5% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 2,062 | 11.7% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 1,814 | 10.3% | 1 |
| Democratas | 745 | 4.2% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 170 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 156 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 145 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido Verde | 45 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 36 | 0.2% |  |

## Contests

- [2012 São José do Norte mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-do-norte/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)
- [2012 São José do Norte Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-do-norte/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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