2012 São Paulo mayoral election

2012 São Paulo municipal election

October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07) (first round)
October 28, 2012 (2012-10-28) (second round)
Opinion polls
Turnout81.52% (first round)
80.01% (second round)
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Fernando Haddad José Serra
Party PT PSDB
Running mate Nádia Campeão Alexandre Schneider
Popular vote 3,387,720 2,708,768
Percentage 55.57% 44.43%

     Fernando Haddad      José Serra

Mayor before election

Gilberto Kassab
PSD

Elected mayor

Fernando Haddad
PT

Parliamentary election
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Municipal Chamber
PSDB Floriano Pesaro 18.10% 9 −2
PV Abou Anni 6.85% 4 +1
MDB None 5.29% 4 +2
Republicanos Atílio Francisco 5.19% 2 +1
PTB Adilson Amadeu 5.04% 4 +1
PR Aurélio Miguel 4.63% 3 −2
DEM Milton Leite 3.91% 2 −6
PSB Eliseu Gabriel 3.77% 3 +1
PCdoB Jamil Murad 2.89% 1 −1
PSOL None 2.06% 1 +1
PP Wadih Mutran 1.95% 1 −1
PDT Claudio Prado 1.71% 0 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2012 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo, with the first round taking place on 7 October 2012 and the second round taking place on 28 October 2012. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and 55 city councillors for the administration of the city. The result was a 2nd round victory for Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party (PT), winning 3,387,720 votes and a share of 55.57% of the popular vote, defeating José Serra of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), who took 2,708,768 votes and a share of 44.43% of the popular vote.