2012 Brazilian municipal elections
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Mayors and councillors of all the 5,568 municipalities of Brazil |
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TheBrazilian municipal elections of 2012 took place on October 7 and on October 28 (for cities with more than 200,000 voters, where thesecond round is available).[1] Over 138 million voters chosemayors,deputy mayors andcity councillors for the 5,568municipalities of Brazil.[1][2] These were the first elections in which the recently registered partiesPartido Pátria Livre (PPL) andPartido Social Democrático (PSD) participated; they were both recognized by theSuperior Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral – TSE) in 2011.[3] Political parties whose candidates wished to run for the 2012 elections had to be registered at the TSE for at least one year before the election date,[1] while candidates also had to be affiliated to a party for the same period of time.[4] Conventions for the selection of candidates within the parties occurred between 10 and 30 June, while the registry of candidates andalliances with the Regional Electoral Courts (Tribunais Regionais Eleitorais – TREs) took place until July 5.[4] Electoral campaign was authorized from the moment a candidacy had been registered. Thefree electoral program (propaganda eleitoral gratuita) – two daily slots onfree-to-air TV and radio for political advertising paid by the Electoral Justice fund – ranweekdays from 21 August until 4 October.[4] According to the current Brazilian electoral law, thetwo-round system – should the leading candidate receive less than 50% +1 of the votes – is only available for cities with more than 200,000 voters.[1] This includes all state capitals, with the exception ofBoa Vista, Roraima andPalmas, Tocantins, plus 59 other municipalities. Thefree electoral program for the second round ran from 13 October until 26 October.[4]
Below is a list of the cities where the runoff took place (bold denote state capitals). These cities are home to 31 725 967 of the country's total constituency of 140 646 446 registered electors; that is, 22.56% of Brazilian voters went to the polling stations on October 28.
- Belém,Pará
- Belford Roxo,Rio de Janeiro
- Blumenau,Santa Catarina
- Campina Grande,Paraíba
- Campinas,São Paulo
- Campo Grande,Mato Grosso do Sul
- Cariacica,Espírito Santo
- Cascavel,Paraná
- Contagem,Minas Gerais
- Cuiabá,Mato Grosso
- Curitiba,Paraná
- Diadema,São Paulo
- Duque de Caxias,Rio de Janeiro
- Florianópolis,Santa Catarina
- Fortaleza,Ceará
- Franca,São Paulo
- Guarujá,São Paulo
- Guarulhos,São Paulo
- João Pessoa,Paraíba
- Joinville,Santa Catarina
- Juiz de Fora,Minas Gerais
- Jundiaí,São Paulo
- Londrina,Paraná
- Macapá,Amapá
- Manaus,Amazonas
- Maringá,Paraná
- Mauá,São Paulo
- Montes Claros,Minas Gerais
- Natal,Rio Grande do Norte
- Niterói,Rio de Janeiro
- Nova Iguaçu,Rio de Janeiro
- Pelotas,Rio Grande do Sul
- Petrópolis,Rio de Janeiro
- Ponta Grossa,Paraná
- Porto Velho,Rondônia
- Ribeirão Preto,São Paulo
- Santo André,São Paulo
- Rio Branco,Acre
- Salvador,Bahia
- São Gonçalo,Rio de Janeiro
- São Luís,Maranhão
- São Paulo,São Paulo
- Sorocaba,São Paulo
- Taubaté,São Paulo
- Teresina,Piauí
- Uberaba,Minas Gerais
- Vila Velha,Espírito Santo
- Vitória,Espírito Santo
- Vitória da Conquista,Bahia
- Volta Redonda,Rio de Janeiro
The following tables' contents can also be found at the Superior Electoral Court website.[5]
City councillors' elections
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