2012 San Diego elections

2012 San Diego City Council election

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5 of the 9 seats on the San Diego City Council
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 5 3
Seats after 5 4
Seat change Steady Increase 1

Council President before election

Tony Young
Democratic

Elected Council President

Todd Gloria
Democratic

Municipal elections were held in San Diego in 2012 for mayor, city attorney, five seats to the San Diego City Council, and propositions. The primary election was held on June 5, 2012, and the general election was held on November 6, 2012. This was the first city council election to use nine council districts. Two city council incumbents ran for reelection in their same district and one ran for election in the newly created ninth district.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with a primary in June followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates if no candidate received a majority of the votes in the first round.