# 2012 Venâncio Aires municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Venâncio Aires](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/venancio-aires.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 45,858 of 52,335 registered voters (87.6%). −1.8 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of Venâncio Aires](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/venancio-aires/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Airton Luiz Artus | PDT | 27,154 | 63.0% | Elected |
| Nilson Mathias Lehmen | PMDB | 15,948 | 37.0% |  |

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

PDT won 6 of the 15 seats, with 34.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 15,045 | 34.4% | 6 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 7,015 | 16.1% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 5,948 | 13.6% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 5,402 | 12.4% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 4,589 | 10.5% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 1,496 | 3.4% |  |
| Democratas | 1,107 | 2.5% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 706 | 1.6% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 565 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 473 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 442 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 364 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 354 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 127 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 41 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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