# 2012 São Bento do Tocantins municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to.md) / [São Bento do Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/sao-bento-do-tocantins.md), October 7, 2012

Turnout: 3,612 of 3,988 registered voters (90.6%). −2.0 points since 2008.

## [Mayor of São Bento do Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/sao-bento-do-tocantins/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claudivan da Silva Tavares | PTB | 1,988 | 57.4% | Elected |
| Lubelafaete Bezerra Fonseca | PMDB | 1,475 | 42.6% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of São Bento do Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/sao-bento-do-tocantins/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PTB won 2 of the 9 seats, with 17.8% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 632 | 17.8% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 549 | 15.5% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 395 | 11.1% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 328 | 9.3% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 315 | 8.9% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 301 | 8.5% |  |
| Partido Verde | 239 | 6.7% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrático | 207 | 5.8% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 169 | 4.8% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 157 | 4.4% |  |
| Democratas | 141 | 4.0% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 69 | 1.9% |  |
| Podemos | 33 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 5 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 3 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2012 São Bento do Tocantins mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/sao-bento-do-tocantins/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md)
- [2012 São Bento do Tocantins Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/sao-bento-do-tocantins/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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