# 2012 São José dos Ausentes municipal election

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

Turnout: 2,886 of 3,162 registered voters (91.3%). −0.95 points since 2008.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Roberto Paim Guimarães | PMDB | 1,445 | 51.0% | Elected |
| Moacir Roberto Pereira Rovaris | PSDB | 1,389 | 49.0% |  |

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

PMDB won 5 of the 9 seats, with 53.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,516 | 53.6% | 5 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 606 | 21.4% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 432 | 15.3% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 250 | 8.8% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 25 | 0.9% |  |

## Contests

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

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