2012 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Hearts
Heart of Midlothian, also a Scottish Premier League club, entered the competition in the fourth round. They began their campaign against Junior club Auchinleck Talbot in a home match at Tynecastle Stadium. A late goal by Gordon Smith gave Hearts a 1–0 victory. Hearts then faced fellow SPL side St Johnstone in the fifth round. Hearts led 1-0 after a David Templeton goal. Despite St Johnstone defender Dave Mackay being sent off after 74 minutes, Cillian Sheridan equalised to force a replay. In the replay, Murray Davidson put St Johnstone in the lead with an 83rd-minute goal. St Johnstone then could have been further ahead before Jamie Hamill converted a controversial stoppage-time penalty to force extra time. During extra time Marius Zaliukas scored the winning goal from a corner.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Hearts
In the quarter final Hearts faced another SPL side, St Mirren. Hearts conceded early on after a Graham Carey free-kick before Craig Beattie scored and then set up Rudi Skácel to put Hearts in front. Zaliukas then scored a late own goal after deflecting a Nigel Hasselbaink shot into his own net to level the match. In the replay at St Mirren Park, Carey had an early penalty saved, after a handball by Zaliukas, and Hasselbaink then scored a goal which was ruled out because the referee had not given St Mirren an advantage.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Hearts
Hearts then came back into the match as Hamill and Skácel scored to give Hearts a 2–0 win. In the semi-final at Hampden Park, Hearts were drawn against cup holders Celtic. Skácel scored shortly after half-time for Hearts before Gary Hooper scored a late equaliser for Celtic. Hearts were then awarded a stoppage-time penalty which former Celtic striker Beattie converted. There was controversy around both Hooper's goal and Beattie's penalty after the match as Hooper had looked offside when he scored his goal and Hearts' penalty was considered to have been wrongly awarded by the referee.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
This was Hibs 12th appearance in the Scottish Cup Final. They had previously won two Scottish Cups (in 1887 and 1902), and been beaten in nine finals (in 1896, 1914, 1923, 1924, 1947, 1958, 1972, 1979 and 2001). Hearts were appearing in their 14th Scottish Cup Final. They had won seven Scottish Cups (in 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1956, 1998 and 2006) and been beaten in the final six times (in 1903, 1907, 1968, 1976, 1986 and 1996). The only previous meeting of the two clubs in a Scottish Cup Final was in 1896, when the match was played at New Logie Green (home of St Bernard's) in Edinburgh.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
With two clubs from Edinburgh qualifying for the final, some City of Edinburgh Council members called for the match to be played at Murrayfield Stadium instead of Hampden Park, the traditional venue for Scottish Cup Finals. A survey by the Edinburgh Evening News found that 37 of 58 councillors favoured Murrayfield, with nine favouring Hampden. Supporters of moving the game to Murrayfield cited its greater capacity, convenience for the majority of fans and the precedent of the 1896 Scottish Cup Final. The Scottish Football Association stated that no venue other than Hampden would be considered. Supporters of keeping the game at Hampden cited that the players would prefer to play at the national football stadium and that some fans had already begun to make arrangements for the tie being in Glasgow. First ScotRail provided additional capacity on their routes between Edinburgh and Glasgow.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
Both clubs received an allocation of approximately 20,000 tickets, out of a total capacity of 52,063. The remaining seats are accounted for by Hampden Park debenture holders, hospitality, sponsors, media and segregation areas. In excess of 1,000 unused debentures were distributed to each club. The allocation was enough to provide for the season ticket holders of each club, with Hearts having 10,000 and Hibs 7,500 approximately, although both clubs anticipated that there would be little or no need for a general public sale.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
Hearts decided to sell tickets using their loyalty points system, while Hibs connected their allocation to sales of season tickets and memberships. Due to high demand, Hearts tightened the criteria needed for a ticket during the sales process. Regular tickets cost £35 or £28 for adults and £10 for children under 15 years old.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Match
Hibs suffered an injury during the semi-final, when their regular goalkeeper Graham Stack had to be substituted due to a thigh injury. A scan following the match showed that he would be unable to play for between 10 and 12 weeks, and therefore would miss the final. Hibs secured their place in the Scottish Premier League with one game to spare and rested several players for the final game of their league programme.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Match
Defender Matt Doherty suffered a foot injury in that league game, but manager Pat Fenlon said he was confident Doherty would be able to play in the final. Fenlon then took his squad to his home town of Dublin to prepare for the cup final and told the media that he had almost finalised his team selection.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Match
Having finished in the top half of the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League, Hearts were involved in the battle to qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League competition. A victory against St Johnstone in their penultimate league match lifted Hearts into fifth place, a qualifying position. Hearts then rested some players for their final league match, a 5–0 defeat by Celtic. Entering the week before the cup final, Hearts had concerns about the fitness of striker Craig Beattie, who was unable to train due to a hamstring injury.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Match
Craig Thomson was appointed to referee the match. Thomson decided to donate his match fee of £1,000 to a hospice in Paisley, where his late mother had been treated.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Report
Hearts started the match as the brighter of the two teams. Rudi Skácel headed wide early on from an Andrew Driver cross. Hearts took the lead through Darren Barr in the 15th minute, scoring from close range. Hearts continued to control the match and Pa Kujabi picked up a booking for fouling Suso Santana. Skácel then doubled Hearts' lead after receiving the ball on the edge of the area and turning to hit a shot which deflected off James McPake before going in.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Report
Hibs then had an opportunity as Kujabi's cross came to Garry O'Connor, but he hit his shot over the bar. McPake then made a goal-line clearance from a Suso shot which had beaten Hibs' keeper Mark Brown. McPake got Hibs back into the game from a corner. Tom Soares' initial delivery was cleared but he got the ball back out on the wing and put in a low cross which McPake converted.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Report
Almost immediately after the start of the second-half Hearts were awarded a penalty kick. Kujabi fouled Suso by pulling his jersey and catching his heel, but television replays showed that the foul had taken place outside the penalty area. Hibs were also reduced to ten men as Kujabi received his second yellow card, resulting in a red. Danny Grainger converted the penalty, which was also his first goal for Hearts. Soon afterwards, Ryan McGowan scored with a header after Hibs keeper Brown had initially saved from Stephen Elliott. Skácel finished the scoring with another shot from just outside the box to make it 5-1 for Hearts.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Aftermath
Hibernian manager Pat Fenlon received a four-match ban for being sent to the stands during the match. He later described the result as a 'disaster' and that he would look to address some of the problems highlighted in the Hibs team during his summer rebuilding of the squad.


2012 Scottish Cup Final, Media coverage
In the United Kingdom, the match was broadcast live on BBC One Scotland and Sky Sports. Radio commentary of the match was aired on BBC Radio Scotland.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final
The 2012 Scottish League Cup Final was the 66th final of the Scottish League Cup. The final took place on 18 March 2012 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, in front of a crowd of 49,572. The clubs contesting the 2012 final were SPL clubs Celtic and Kilmarnock. The match was Celtic's twenty-ninth League Cup final, and Kilmarnock's sixth.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final
As both clubs had finished in the top five of last seasons Scottish Premier League, they entered the League Cup in the third round. Kilmarnock made a convincing start, defeating lower league opposition in third round and quarter-finals by comfortable margins, but had a much tougher test against Ayrshire rivals Ayr United in semi-finals, although they kept three consecutive clean sheets en route to the final. Celtic played no home games throughout the tournament with trips to Easter Road and Victoria Park followed by a 3–1 triumph in the semi-final at Hampden. Celtic entered the final as favourites, with Kilmarnock as underdogs.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final
Both Celtic and Kilmarnock were two of the five Scottish Premier League sides who entered the League Cup in the third round.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
In the third round Celtic faced an away tie at Victoria Park against First Division team Ross County. Gary Hooper and a Scott Boyd own-goal gave Celtic a 2–0 victory. In the next round Celtic faced fellow Scottish Premier League team Hibernian at Easter Road. Celtic came back from a goal behind to win 4–1 thanks to goals from Hooper, Anthony Stokes and a James Forrest brace.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
Celtic beat Falkirk 3–1 in the semi-final. A Scott Brown penalty and two goals from Stokes put Celtic into the final


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Kilmarnock
In Kilmarnock's third round tie they were at home against First Division side Queen of the South at Rugby Park Stadium. Kilmarnock won 5–0 after a hat-trick from Paul Heffernan and goals from Gary Harkins and Ben Hutchinson. Kilmarnock's next match was against Second Division side East Fife, again at home. They won 2–0 thanks to goals from Harkins and Mohamadou Sissoko.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Kilmarnock
In the semi-final at the neutral Hampden Park Kilmarnock faced Ayshire rivals Ayr United. The match finished 0–0 after 90 minutes before Dean Shiels scored the winner in extra-time.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Pre-match
Celtic had previously appeared in 28 League Cup finals, winning 15. Their most recent appearance was in the previous season when they lost 2–1 to Rangers. Their most recent victory was in the 2009 Scottish League Cup Final when they beat Rangers 2–0. Kilmarnock had reached the final five times before without success. Their last previous appearance was in the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final when they lost 5–1 to Hibernian.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Pre-match
In the build-up to the match Celtic were considered the favourites and Kilmarnock the underdogs. Celtic had the chance of winning the Treble and the League Cup was the first part of that. Kilmarock manager Kenny Shiels said that he thought Celtic deserved to win the Treble and that they were the best team in Scotland. However, he also felt that his side had the ability to match Celtic if they played to their full potential.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Pre-match
Kilmarnock's first choice striker Paul Heffernan was a doubt before the match due to a groin strain, but took a painkilling injection to play. Celtic defender Mikael Lustig was also a doubt with a groin injury. While Kilmarnock defenders Ryan O'Leary and Manuel Pascali were both ruled out due to long-term injuries. Kilmarnock's stand-in captain James Fowler said before the match that if they were victorious he wanted club captain Pascali to lift the trophy.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Report
Early in the match Kilmarnock defender Mohamadou Sissoko's pass across the penalty area was intercepted by Gary Hooper. However, his shot was saved by goalkeeper Cammy Bell who came off his line quickly. Shortly after Dean Shiels shot narrowly wide from the edge of the area. Around 30 minutes in Scott Brown made room for himself on the right before crossing for Anthony Stokes whose header was saved by Bell. Shiels had another chance but his shot was saved by Fraser Forster. From the resulting corner Sissoko's header was cleared off the line by Stokes. Bell made another save when he tipped Brown's powerful shot from outside the box over the bar. Paul Heffernan was then played in on the right-hand side of the box but his shot was saved by Forster.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Report
Shiels had a chance at the start of the second half, he ran through several players on the edge of the box before mis-hitting his shot very wide. Sissoko then had another header from a corner which was wide. Celtic began to take control of the match again with Stokes and Joe Ledley both having good opportunities. Bell had to make another save to deny Victor Wanyama from a corner. With around 15 minutes left of the match James Forrest and Heffernan both had good opportunities at either end of the park.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Report
Charlie Mulgrew dribbled into the penalty area but his shot was saved by Bell. Kilmarnock's goal came with 6 minutes remaining. Ben Gordon ran down the left wing on the counter-attack and passed to Lee Johnson who crossed for his fellow substitute Dieter Van Tornhout to score the only goal of the game with a back post header. Celtic pushed for an equaliser, Bell had to make a double save to keep out Celtic substitutes Kris Commons and Georgios Samaras. Celtic then had a penalty claim as Stokes went to ground after being tackled by Michael Nelson inside the area. However, referee Willie Collum booked him for diving.


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Post-match
Kilmarnock goalkeeper Cammy Bell was named man of the match, Sky Sports said that he, "produced a series of top-drawer saves to deny the Bhoys".


2012 Scottish League Cup Final, Post-match
Shortly before Kilmarnock were due to celebrate lifting the cup Liam Kelly's father suffered a heart attack next to the Kilmarnock dugout and the player left the ground to go to hospital with him. Kelly's father later died in hospital and his teammates, who had not been informed of the situation as they celebrated winning the trophy, were informed as they presented the trophy to the fans in an open-top bus parade. Several players commented that this news had taken a lot of the joy of winning the cup final away, and that because they were a close group of players they all felt the effect of Kelly's loss.


2012 Scottish Men's Curling Championship
The 2012 Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish Men's Curling Championship was held from February 13 to 19 at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. It was held in conjunction with the 2012 Scottish Women's Curling Championship. The winner of the championship, Tom Brewster, represented Scotland at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland.


2012 Scottish Rally Championship
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel rallies and one tarmac event. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion


2012 Scottish Rally Championship
David Bogie began the year as defending champion after winning four out of the eight events in 2011.


2012 Scottish Rally Championship
The 2012 season began in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 18 February, with the season finale taking place around Perth on 6 October. 2012 was the final year of a two-year partnership with leading motorsport tyre manufacture, DMACK Tyres.


2012 Scottish Rally Championship
Following the Merrick Stages Rally in September, David Bogie and Kevin Rae were declared champions.


2012 Scottish Rally Championship
The award ceremony took place on 1 December 2012 at Hilton Treetops Hotel, Aberdeen.


2012 Scottish Rally Championship, 2012 Calendar
In season 2012 there were 8 events held on a variety of surfaces.


2012 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers Points Classification (Top 5)
** David Bogie finished third overall on the Colin McRae Forest Stages but, having already won the SRC title, was not registered for SRC points. This was to avoid affecting championship runner-up positions.


2012 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers Points Classification (Top 5)
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered driver on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the Championship, competitors will nominate their best 6 scores out of the 8 events as his/her final overall Championship score.


2012 Scottish Women's Cup
The 2012 Scottish Women's Cup is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and Premier League are eligible to enter. Thurso based Caithness Ladies who do not play in league competition also take part for the first time. The tournament is known as the Henson Scottish Cup after a sponsorship arrangement.


2012 Scottish Women's Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary and first rounds took place at Hampden Park on 3 March 2012.


2012 Scottish Women's Cup, Second round
The second round draw took place at Dens Park, Dundee on 23 May 2012.


2012 Scottish Women's Cup, Third round
The third round draw took place at Hampden Park on 14 June 2012.


2012 Scottish Women's Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter finals took place on the Clyde 1 Superscoreboard programme on 28 August 2012. Celtic were expelled from the competition as they were unable to field a side against Glasgow City. The club had previously requested to reschedule the fixture but this was rejected by SWF.


2012 Scottish Women's Curling Championship
The 2012 Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish Women's Curling Championship was held from February 13 to 19 at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. It was held in conjunction with the 2012 Scottish Men's Curling Championship. The winner of the championship, Eve Muirhead, represented Scotland at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.


2012 Scottish Women's Premier League
The 2012  Women's Premier League is the eleventh season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.


2012 Scottish Women's Premier League
A total of twelve teams are contesting the league. Aberdeen FC Ladies won the 2011 Scottish Women's First Division and return to the Premier League after one season away. First Division runners-up Hibernian 2000 were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League. As the third placed side in the First Division, Toryglen Ladies, folded over the close season, FC Kilmarnock Ladies were spared relegation and compete in 2012.


2012 Scottish Women's Premier League, New format
The SWPL will run in a new format from this season. The 12 clubs will face each other once (11 games per club), after which the league will split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club will then play home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.


2012 Scottish Women's Premier League, Teams, Stadia and locations
The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs play matches at other venues throughout the season.


2012 Scottish Women's Premier League, Results, Matches 12–21
After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs will play every other club in their section twice (home and away).


2012 Scottish Women's Premier League, Results, Top scorers
1 9 goals for Rangers, 2 goals for Glasgow City.


2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final
The 2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final was the final match of the 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup, the 28th season of the Scottish Youth Cup. It was played by the U19 sides of Celtic and Queen of the South.


2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Celtic
Celtic entered the competition in the Third Round where they came up against fellow SPL club Kilmarnock. Two early goals from Paul George and Callum McGregor set the tone for the match with a double from captain Jackson Irvine and a late strike from John Herron completing the scoring. Celtic then beat Dunfermline by the same scoreline in the fourth round of the cup. This time goals from Irvine, Atajic, Chalmers, Twardzik and Watt ensured their progression into the Quarter-Final stage where they came up against Aberdeen.


2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Celtic
Two goals from Filip Twardzik, as well as solitary goals from striker Tony Watt and John Heron saw off the challenge from the Dons'. In the semi-final, Celtic came from behind to book their place in their third consecutive Youth Cup Final. Two goals from Tony Watt and single strikes from John Heron and Filip Twardzik saw Celtic record a 4–1 victory over the Paisley outfit. This victory came at a cost, as top scorer Tony Watt was sent off after picking up two yellow cards, and thus missed the Youth Cup Final.


2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Queen of the South
Queen of the South made it to the final of the Youth Cup for the second time in their youth team's history. They overcame a South Group game first, beating St Cuthbert Wanderers 7–1 in their first game of the competition. Queen's were then drawn away to Berwick Rangers, and despite going a goal down came back to win 3–2 and book a place in the Quarter Finals against Greenock Morton. Again, drawn away at Cappielow they beat their opposition by the same scoreline, with the aide of extra time.


2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Queen of the South
They booked their place in the semi-finals of the youth cup seeing off rivals Ayr United 2–1 at Palmerston Park. After their initial semi-final against Dundee United was called off, it was re-arranged a week before the final itself in a game which had everything. Dundee United took the lead when Ryan Gauld latched onto a through ball before clinically slotting past the on-coming Queen's goalkeeper. Patrick Slattery equalised scoring direct from a corner, however Gauld regained United's lead with a brilliant curling finish from the edge of the box.


2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Queen of the South
Just after half-time Lewis Todd drew Queen's level with a fine drive from the edge of the box, before a double from Robert Thompson saw United take a 4–2 lead. However, two goals in the last ten minutes meant that the game would go into extra-time. First, Slattery grabbed his second of the game, before captain Scott Hooper converted a penalty with five minutes to go. Striker Gavin Reilly scored the winning goal, tapping in a cut-back from winger Dean Smith to send Queen's to their first final since 1986.


2012 Scottish local elections
The 2012 Scottish local elections,  were held on 3 May 2012 in all 32 local authorities. The Scottish National Party (SNP) overtook Labour to win the highest share of the vote, and retained and strengthened its position as the party with most councillors. Labour also made gains, while the Liberal Democrats experienced meltdown, losing over half their seats and falling behind the Conservatives. For the first time since the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote system, the SNP won majority control of 2 councils, from no overall control. Labour also won majority control of 2 councils from no overall control, while retaining majority control over 2 councils.


2012 Scottish local elections
Independent councillors retained majority control over the 3 island councils. The 23 other councils remained under no overall control.


2012 Scottish local elections, Background
The election was due to be held on 5 May 2011, but Scottish Ministers heeded the advice of the Gould Report and split the Holyrood and local elections - in order to avoid a repeat of the 2007 fiasco. These local elections were the second since the Single Transferable Vote (STV) was first introduced for the 2007 local government elections. This election was the first since the SNP won a majority in the Scottish Parliament. They were also the first local elections in Scotland since 1995 not to take place at the same time as a Scottish parliamentary election.


2012 Scottish local elections, Background, New eCounting system
In October 2010 a new company - Logica was awarded the contract for the vote counting system for the 2012 council elections, and since January 2011 testing has been under way to sort out many issues. On the 5 August 2011, A Dummy election was set up in Perth to test out new "eCounting" system, as part of robust test, in which 160,000 ballot papers run through the machine. This forms third stage of rigorous testing of the system in partition of these elections.


2012 Scottish local elections, Party performance
Both the SNP and Labour performed well, increasing both share of the vote and their numbers of councillors. The SNP gained control of two councils from No Overall Control: Angus and Dundee. Labour gained majority control over two councils, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire, also from No Overall Control, and held on to their overall majority in both Glasgow and North Lanarkshire councils. The Conservative & Unionist Party lost significant ground, but did gain a seat in Argyll & Bute and managed to come third.


2012 Scottish local elections, Party performance
The Liberal Democrats continued to experience a political meltdown following on from the previous year's Scottish elections, losing 57% of their councillors. In one Edinburgh ward, Pentland Hills, Mike 'Professor Pongoo' Ferrigan who intended to  dressed as a penguin to council meetings received 444 first-preference votes, 74 more than the Liberal Democrat candidate, Stuart Bridges, and 122 more than the Green Party candidate. In Edinburgh, where the Liberal Democrats had previously been in a ruling coalition with the SNP, they lost 13 of their 16 seats. In the Fife Council ward of 'Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages', the party's candidate, Lois Lothian, received just 21 votes.


2012 Scottish local elections, Party performance
The Scottish Greens boosted their councillor numbers from 8 to 14, including doubling their representation in Edinburgh (where they topped the poll in two wards for the first time) and electing councillors for the first time to Stirling, Midlothian and Aberdeenshire local authorities (note: Cllr Martin Ford, re-elected in 2012 as a Green, won in 2007 as a Liberal Democrat).


2012 Scottish local elections, Party performance
The Scottish Socialist Party held its sole seat, that of Jim Bollan in West Dunbartonshire. Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party lost its sole councillor in Scotland on Fife Council. Independent councillors retained majority control over the three island councils (Na h-Eileanan Siar, Orkney and Shetland).


2012 Scottish local elections, Aftermath
Talks took place to decide who would control of the 23 remaining councils   This resulted in Labour taking control of Fife, East and West Lothian, Inverclyde and South Lanarkshire and forming a grand coalition with the SNP in the City of Edinburgh and an anti-Conservative alliance in East Renfrewshire.


2012 Scottish local elections, Aftermath
The SNP took control of Clackmannanshire, North Ayrshire and Perth and Kinross and became the largest party in controlling coalitions in Argyll and Bute, Highland, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and East Ayrshire. They also joined the Scottish Conservatives in a coalition arrangement in Dumfries and Galloway.


2012 Scottish local elections, Results
Note: The net gain/loss and percentage change in number of votes relates to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This differs from the table in the reference above  which shows gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2012 Scottish local elections, Councils
Name of party shows the largest group within each council. However, the party names in brackets identify members of a coalition leading the council. In some cases, the largest party is shown, but is not in charge of the council.


2012 Scottish local elections, Further reading
Complete results and vote data files for all wards in Scotland, with figures illustrating the count process, are available at


2012 Scottsdale mayoral election
The 2008 Scottsdale mayoral election was held on August 28, 2008 to elect the mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona. It saw the reelection of Jim Lane.


2012 Seattle Cash Spiel
The 2012 Seattle Cash Spiel was held from November 23 to 25 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout, and the purse for the event was $10,000, of which the winner will receive $2,600. In the final, Todd Birr of Minnesota defeated Brady Clark of Washington with a score of 7–4.


2012 Seattle Cash Spiel, Teams
The teams are listed as follows. Though the event is listed on the men's World Curling Tour, one mixed team and one women's team are participating in the event.


2012 Seattle Mariners season
The 2012 Seattle Mariners season was the 36th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 13th full season (14th overall) at Safeco Field and finished with a record of 75-87, 4th place in the AL West.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2012 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 37th in the National Football League and their third under head coach Pete Carroll. The Seahawks had a three-way quarterback competition with Tarvaris Jackson, Matt Flynn and rookie Russell Wilson. Jackson was traded to the Bills, and Wilson won the job.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season
The Seahawks finished 11–5, an improvement from a 7–9 record in 2011, and it marked Seattle's first winning season since 2007. The team was 4–0 during the preseason. Their 11 victories was the third best in franchise history. The Seahawks went undefeated at home for the third time in franchise history, after 2003 and 2005. Additionally, with their victory over the Washington Redskins at FedExField in the Wild Card round, the Seahawks won their first road playoff game in almost 30 years. However, despite holding a lead with just 30 seconds left in regulation, the Seahawks lost to the Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional round by a score of 30–28.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, New logo and uniform
On April 3, 2012, Nike unveiled the new design for the uniforms and logo for the Seahawks. The new designs incorporate a new accent color, "Wolf Grey", and the main colors are "College Navy" and "Action Green". The uniforms incorporate "feather trims", twelve feathers printed on the neckline and down each pant leg to represent the "12th Man", referring to the team's fans.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Arizona Cardinals
With the loss, the Seahawks started their season 0–1. This would be the last time the seahawks lost a regular season game in Arizona until 2020.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Dallas Cowboys
After facing the Cardinals on the road, the Seahawks returned home for a home game against the Cowboys. The game went very well for the Seahawks as the team improved to 1–1. This is also the first win for rookie QB Russell Wilson.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers
The game had a controversial ending when Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw a Hail Mary pass to the endzone on the final play that appeared to have been intercepted by Green Bay. However, while one official signaled the interception, the other official signaled a touchdown for Seattle by receiver Golden Tate, based on the rule that a catch with simultaneous possession is ruled a completion for the offense. The play was reviewed and the officials awarded the touchdown to Seattle.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers
The call by the officials, who were replacements for the customary and more experienced officials, was met with outrage by other NFL players and fans around the country who believed Green Bay should have been awarded the interception and thus the game. Many also claimed the officials had missed an offensive pass interference call committed by Tate on Packers cornerback Sam Shields that also would have won the game for Green Bay. The NFL released an official statement the next day that, while acknowledging that pass interference should have been called on Tate, supported the decision to uphold the play as simultaneous possession.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers
With the win, the Seahawks improved to 2–1. With the 49ers' loss to the Vikings the previous day, Seattle and San Francisco were now tied for 2nd in the NFC West behind the 3-0 Arizona Cardinals. The Seahawks' defense accomplished a noteworthy achievement, sacking Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers 8 times, a career-high; this was even more impressive because all eight sacks occurred in the first half of the game.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers
The game's final play, dubbed the "Fail Mary" or the "Inaccurate Reception", is still viewed as the catalyst for the return of the NFL's customary officials due to the ineptitude of the replacement officials.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at St. Louis Rams
With the loss, the Seahawks fell to 2–2. QB Russell Wilson also had his first career game with no passing touchdown.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Carolina Panthers
With the win, Seattle's first of three road wins during the regular season, the Seahawks improved to 3–2.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. New England Patriots
With the win, the Seahawks improved to 4–2, and with losses by the 49ers and Cardinals, the team moved into a tie for first in the NFC West. This was head coach Pete Carroll's first meeting with the Patriots since he was fired by the organization following the 1999 season. Carroll served as their head coach from 1997–99, the last one before Bill Belichick's hiring in 2000. This game is also infamous among Patriots fans as the genesis of the Richard Sherman/Tom Brady "You Mad, Bro" meme.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at San Francisco 49ers
With the loss, the Seahawks fell to 4–3 moving into a 2nd-place tie with the Cardinals in the NFC West.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: at Miami Dolphins
The Seahawks engaged in a back-and-forth affair, with six lead changes or ties. Russell Wilson touchdowns to Anthony McCoy and Golden Tate and a 98-yard Leon Washington kick return for a touchdown were answered by rushing scores from Reggie Bush and Daniel Thomas. With the Seahawks up 21–14, rookie Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill found Charles Clay from 29 yards out. Tied 21–21, the Seahawks had to punt with 1:39 to go, and Tannehill drove the Dolphins in range for the winning Dan Carpenter field goal.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: at Miami Dolphins
The game was interrupted briefly with 1:40 to go in the third quarter following a 19-yard Tannehill run; the sprinklers at Sun Life Stadium suddenly switched on, soaking the field for roughly one minute.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Chicago Bears
With their second road win, the Seahawks improved to 7–5.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Buffalo Bills
With its third and final regular season road victory, Seattle rose to 9–5.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Seahawks won and clinched at least a playoff spot. In order to win the NFC West, the Seahawks needed to beat the St. Louis Rams at home the following week, have the 49ers lose to the Arizona Cardinals. A Packers loss to the Vikings would give Seattle a first round bye as well. However, a loss or a 49ers win would result in the Seahawks being the #5 seed heading on the road for the Wild Card Round in January.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. St. Louis Rams
With the NFC West title still up for grabs, the Seahawks finished their season at home against the Rams. Avoiding being swept by their foes, they finished the season with a record of 11–5, and a perfect 8–0 at home. However, with the Niners' win over the Cardinals, the team would end up 2nd in the division and the NFC's #5 seed.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #5 seed in the NFC.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: at #4 Washington Redskins
After Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III went down with a knee injury in the second half, Seattle outscored Washington 11-0 to win 24-14. Seattle would move on to take on the #1 seed Atlanta Falcons.


2012 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff: at #1 Atlanta Falcons
The Seahawks fell behind, trailing Atlanta 20–0 at halftime and 27–7 with just over 17 minutes remaining. Seattle scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take the lead 28–27 with 31 seconds left to play. But Matt Ryan quickly completed two long passes. A mystery time out, credited to Seattle, was blown by officials just as Matt Bryant kicked and missed a 49-yard field goal try, allowing Atlanta to kick again and giving them the victory. Russell Wilson's Hail Mary pass on the final play was intercepted by Julio Jones in the end zone (Wilson's only interception in the game), ending Seattle's season.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season
The 2012 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's fourth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. For the Sounders FC organization, it was their fourth year of existence, and including all previous clubs, it was the 32nd season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Season overview, Pre-season
On November 23, 2011, James Riley was drafted away from Seattle by the Montreal Impact as part of the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft. He was immediately traded to Chivas USA with allocation money for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen. The Sounders also traded Tyson Wahl to the Impact for allocation money.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Season overview, Pre-season
Other off-season transactions included the transfer of Erik Friberg to Malmö FF, the retirements of Kasey Keller, Terry Boss, and Taylor Graham, the release of Nate Jaqua and Pat Noonan, the acquisition of Marc Burch from D.C. United via the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft, and the signings of out of contract players Michael Gspurning and Adam Johansson.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Season overview, Pre-season
In the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, the Sounders took Creighton University defender Andrew Duran in the first round and University of Alabama-Birmingham forward Babayele Sodade. A week later, in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft the Sounders took University of California-Santa Barbara defender Tim Pontius and former Leicester City F.C. forward Jason Banton in the second round, University of Washington forward Abdul Aman in the third round, and Cal Poly defender Wes Feighner in the fourth round.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Season overview, Pre-season
On the same day as the Supplemental Draft, the Sounders traded the rights to defender Leone Cruz, whom the Sounders acquired in the second round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft but did not sign to a contract, to Real Salt Lake for UCLA defender Andy Rose, whom Real Salt Lake had drafted in the first round of the Supplemental Draft.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 3, 2012.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, MLS regular season, Table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, MLS regular season, Results summary
Last updated: October 28, 2012Source: 2012 Major League Soccer seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squad statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, Allocation ranking
Seattle is in the No. 15 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.


2012 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, International roster slots
Seattle has eight MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots and no trades involving Seattle have been reported.


2012 Seattle Storm season
The 2012 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2012 Seattle Storm season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Storm's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.


2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree
The 2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree was a series of shooting incidents that occurred on May 30, 2012. The killing spree began with a mass shooting that occurred at Café Racer in Seattle, Washington, resulting in the deaths of four patrons. A fifth person was killed not long after. The shooter, Ian Lee Stawicki, committed suicide the same day.


2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree, Shootings
On May 30, 2012, just before 11:00 a.m., Stawicki walked into Café Racer in the University District of Seattle, Washington. The staff there recognized him from previously being thrown out, and reminded him of that. Stawicki lingered for a bit, and then walked near the door. He pulled one of his two pistols, both .45-caliber handguns, and shot his first victim in the back of the head. The man's body blocked the door, taking away an escape route. One man threw a bar stool and used a second to separate himself from Stawicki.


2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree, Shootings
The distraction allowed two or three people to escape through the door the shooter had blocked. Stawicki then went near the bar and shot the others execution-style, police say. As he left, Stawicki took a hat from one of the victims. Stawicki killed a total of four patrons at the café and wounded the café's chef.


2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree, Shootings
Half an hour later, he killed another woman in a parking lot next to Town Hall Seattle on First Hill while carjacking her Black Mercedes-Benz SUV. Later that afternoon just before 4:00 p.m., he committed suicide on a sidewalk in West Seattle as police closed in. The perpetrator previously owned six handguns (three 9mm handguns and three .45-caliber handguns), including the Para-Ordnance pistol he used in the shootings. As a result of the shootings, several schools, including Roosevelt High School and Nathan Eckstein Middle School, were put on lock-down for student safety.


2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree, Perpetrator
Ian Lee Stawicki (September 16, 1971 – May 30, 2012) was the sole perpetrator of the shooting. Stawicki had prior contacts with police but a relatively short record. Police say he had charges for domestic violence interference, fourth-degree assault, malicious mischief, and a 1989 charge for unlawfully carrying a weapon. However, court records show only a 1995 case for driving with a suspended license, which resulted in an adverse finding.


2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree, Perpetrator
During the February 2008 case, police officers were called to the Magnolia home of Stawicki and his then-girlfriend to find the victim with a bloody nose and crying. She told police that he had struck her and destroyed several of her belongings, and that in recent months, he had begun breaking things and flying into rages, according to the police report. Stawicki's father, Walt Stawicki, described his son as very private person who was "disgruntled" and had been a frequent customer of the coffee shop where his rampage began.


2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree, Aftermath
Café Racer had a somewhat rocky history after the incident, opening and closing at least twice over the next eight years, before definitively closing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In its final closing in August 2020, owner Jeff Ramsey announced that the name would live on as a free online music station featuring "music from Washington and primarily Seattle."


2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England, as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. 22 seats, representing one third of the total Council membership, were up for election in single-member wards. Ten - nearly half - of the members elected were newcomers to the Council; five of these defeated sitting Councillors seeking re-election, whilst in the other five wards, the incumbent retired. Two incumbents stood under different labels to those they were elected under in 2008; both were defeated in their wards.


2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The election resulted in a landslide for the Labour Party, which won 48% of the popular vote and 15 of the seats up for election - more than double the seven it went into the election with. Labour won a clean sweep in the southern constituencies of Sefton Central and Bootle. This brought the total number of seats controlled by Labour on the Council up to 36 giving the party an overall majority of six. As a result, the Sefton Labour Group formed a majority administration for the first time since the Council's creation in 1973.


2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Although the party failed to make a breakthrough in the northern town of Southport, it did win more than 20% of the popular vote there, a feat it has not achieved at a general election since 1966. The party also out-polled Conservative Party in three of Southport's seven wards and out-polled a sitting Councillor (in Duke's Ward) for the first time in years.


2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The election representing a serious defeat for the other three parties defending seats. All incumbent Conservatives seeking re-election were defeated, including group leader Paula Parry who lost her Blundellsands ward to Labour on a swing of nearly 22%. Only one Conservative was elected; newcomer Ted Hartill successfully defended outgoing deputy leader Brenda Porter's seat of Ainsdale, though the Conservative margin of victory was cut from 45 in 2008 to just 15 points. They lost a third of the support they had attained in the 2011 borough election, falling into third place in terms of votes and being left with just eight seats on the Council. Their 17% share of the vote was well below the national party's 31%.


2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
For the Liberal Democrats, the result was slightly better but still represented a crushing defeat for a party that only two years previously had been the largest on Sefton Council. They gained two seats in Southport from the Conservatives (including one Independent Conservative) and retained all the seats they were defending there but lost all five they were defending in the south of the borough to Labour, reducing their overall strength from 23 to 20. Their share of the vote was only 19% across all of Sefton however, scarcely more than the party's national average of 16% and leaving them nearly thirty points behind Labour. In roughly a third of the seats up for election the Lib Dems won less than 100 votes.


2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Additionally, the United Kingdom Independence Party lost its sole seat on the Council. Former Conservative Councillor and mayor Alf Doran, who had crossed the floor to join UKIP in 2011, was defeated in his bid to be re-elected. He finished a close third, just 77 votes behind the Conservatives and 85 behind the victorious Labour Party. No other party was able to return members to the Council; only the local issues Southport Party came remotely close in Norwood, where its candidate finished a distant third behind Labour and the Lib Dems. The only independent, a former Conservative Councillor seeking re-election, was defeated.


2012 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2012 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2011–12 Segunda División B to the 2012–13 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División were relegated to Segunda División B. It also decided the two teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2012–13 Tercera División.


2012 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 14 May 2012, 16:30 CEST.


2012 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Matches, Semifinals
The aggregate winners were promoted and qualified to the 2011–12 Segunda División B Final. The aggregate losers were relegated to the Non-champions Promotion Play-Off Second Round.


2012 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, First round, Qualified teams
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 14 May 2012, 16:30 CEST.


2012 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Second round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 28 May 2012, 17:00 CEST.


2012 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Third round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 11 June 2012, 17:00 CEST.


2012 Segunda División B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 14 May 2012, 16:30 CEST.


2012 Segunda División play-offs
The 2012 Segunda División play-offs took place in June 2012. The Segunda División promotion phase (known as Promoción de ascenso) was the second phase of 2011–12 Segunda División and was to determine the third team which promoted to 2012–13 La Liga. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position (excluding reserve teams) took part in the promotion play-offs.


2012 Segunda División play-offs
Regulations were similar that previous season: fifth placed faced against the fourth, while the sixth positioned team faced against the third. In case of a tied eliminatory there were extra time, once finished it, this season introduced that there wouldn't be penalty shoot-out and the winner would be the best positioned team. The first leg of the semi-finals was played on 6 June with the best positioned team playing at home the second leg was played on 10 June.


2012 Segunda División play-offs
The final was also two-legged, with the first leg on 13 June and the second leg on 16 June, with the best positioned team also playing at home the second leg. Real Valladolid and AD Alcorcón played the final phase where Valladolid was winner and promoted to La Liga after two years of absence. Córdoba CF and Hércules CF were eliminated in semifinals.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Valladolid
Real Valladolid was the only team to be assured a spot in this phase several matchdays before, doing so on 16 May 2012. They were fighting together with Celta de Vigo for the second place to earn direct promotion, and eventually repeated the play-off appearance from the previous season.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Valladolid
An historical La Liga team, Valladolid made solid regular season (82 points), fighting with Celta for the remaining place for direct promotion. However, after a draw in the penultimate match against AD Alcorcón (which was also fighting for a play-off spot) they didn't depend by himself for direct promotion: Celta played last round against Córdoba CF, both only needed a draw, and drew 0–0 as their opponents were also favoured by that outcome; foreseeing this situation, Valladolid didn't try to opt for the second place and lost the last match 1–3 at home against CD Guadalajara.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Valladolid
Valladolid's last participation in La Liga was in 2009–10. Valladolid spent 40 seasons in the top division: from 1948–64 except 1958–59 and 1961–62, and from 1980–2004 except 1992–93, and lately from 2007–10. It ranked 14th in the all-time La Liga table (Racing de Santander surpassed it after 2011–12 La Liga). They were in the category since 2010–11.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Alcorcón
AD Alcorcón qualified to the playoffs in the last matchday (3 June 2012), like Hércules CF and Córdoba, after winning 1–0 away against CD Numancia.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Alcorcón
Alcorcón was then a "modest team" that since its foundation in 1971 had spent in the lower leagues until 2010. They are well remembered for its achievement in 2009–10 season, when still in Segunda División B, it made worldwide headlines after defeated neighbours giants Real Madrid in Copa del Rey. Since then, it was popularized the expression "Alcorconazo" meaning this team makes a surprise against a successful rival. In that season they were champions in Segunda División B Group 2, and they played play-offs to promote to Segunda División. They were eliminated by Granada CF for winners phase and they entered to next phases and eliminated Pontevedra CF and Ontinyent CF.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Alcorcón
Alcorcón had a regular 2011–12, being placed in the quiet zone almost all season but winning several consecutive matches in the spring. In the 41st round, they made another "Alcorconazo" and drew 1–1 at Valladolid, which meant the opposition did not depend exclusively on itself in the last matchday for direct promotion.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Alcorcón
Alcorcón had never been in La Liga. They were in the second division since last season, 2010–11.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Hércules
Hércules qualified to this phase in the last matchday (3 June 2012) like Alcorcón and Córdoba, after a necessary win (2–1) at SD Huesca (UD Almería could qualify instead if Hércules didn't win), and sought to promote immediately after being relegated from La Liga.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Hércules
The team's early season was a spectacular one, gathering 28 points out of 33 in the first eleven matches, and leading for ten rounds during the 2011 autumn. Since November, however, it started to combine wins and losses, remaining however in the play-off zone until the end of league.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Hércules
Hércules' last participation in La Liga was in last season (2010–11), having spent 20 seasons in La Liga: period 1935–42 (no football between 1936–39 due to the Spanish Civil War), 1945–46, from 1954–56, 1966–67, from 1974–82, 1984–85, 1996–97 and 2010–11. Hércules was 22nd in the all-time La Liga table, 13 points over long-standing rival and neighbours Elche CF. They were in Segunda División only since this related season.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Córdoba
Córdoba qualified to this stage in the last matchday (3 June 2012), as Hércules and Alcorcón, after a 0–0 away draw against Celta de Vigo which was heavily criticised by Real Valladolid.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Córdoba
At time, an historical second division outfit, the Andalusia side's last top level participation was 40 years ago – in which it managed to defeat FC Barcelona and draw against Real Madrid at El Arcángel – and it finished fifth in the main category in 1964–65. It had a short spell in the third level in the 2000s, returning in 2007 after defeating Pontevedra CF and SD Huesca.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Córdoba
Córdoba had a regular 2011–12 season, being in the play-off area for some matches, and fighting last mid with neighbouring Almería for the final sixth-place, eventually succeeding.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the play-offs, Córdoba
Córdoba's last participation in La Liga was in 1971–72. The club spent a further seven seasons in the main category, from 1962–69. It ranked 38th in the all-time La Liga table (being surpassed by Levante UD at the end of 2011–12's top division). They were in Segunda División since 2007–08.


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, First leg
Assistant referees:Íñigo Retegui Lamolla (La Rioja)Enrique Rodríguez Sánchez (Castile-La Mancha)Fourth official:Juan Manuel López Amaya (Andalucía)


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, First leg
Assistant referees:Francisco Javier Garcia Sabuco (Navarre)David Maldonado Urbina (Community of Madrid)Fourth official:David Jiménez Moreno (Castile-La Mancha)


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, Second leg
Assistant referees:Ramón García Salas (Catalonia)Jorge Bueno Mateo (Aragon)Fourth official:Luis Miguel Vallejo Aznar (Aragon)


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Semifinals, Second leg
Assistant referees:Rafael Orellana Benítez (Catalonia)Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (Extremadura)Fourth official:Andrés Manuel Ceballos Silva (Extremadura)


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Final, First leg
Assistant referees:David Canales Cerdà (Valencian Community)Sergio Chinchilla Ortega (Valencian Community)Fourth official:Carlos Alberto Carbonell Hernández (Valencian Community)


2012 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs, Final, Second leg
Assistant referees:Manuel Aboy Rivas (Las Palmas)  3'José Enrique Naranjo Pérez (Las Palmas)Fourth official:Pablo González Fuertes (Asturias)  3'


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla
The 2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barranquilla, Colombia between 26 March – 1 April 2012.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Doubles
Flavio Cipolla and Paolo Lorenzi were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Nicholas Monroe and Maciek Sykut won the final against Marcel Felder and Frank Moser 2–6, 6–3, [10–5] to win the title.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Singles
Facundo Bagnis is the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals. Alejandro Falla won the title, defeating Horacio Zeballos 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga
The 2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia between 23 and 29 January 2012.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, Champions, Doubles
Ariel Behar /  Horacio Zeballos def. Miguel Ángel López Jaén /  Paolo Lorenzi, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah were the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Doubles
Ariel Behar and Horacio Zeballos won the title, defeating Miguel Ángel López Jaén and Paolo Lorenzi in the final 6–4, 7–6(7–5).


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Singles
Éric Prodon was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Wayne Odesnik.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Singles
Odesnik then went on to win the title, defeating Adrian Ungur in the final 6–1, 7–6(7–4).


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali
The 2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cali, Colombia between 10 and 16 September 2012.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah successfully defended their title by defeating Marcelo Demoliner and João Souza 6–3, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Singles
Alejandro Falla was the defending champion, but retired from his first round match. João Souza won the title, defeating Thiago Alves 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
The 2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Medellín, Colombia between October 29 and November 4, 2012.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Doubles
Paul Capdeville and Nicolás Massú were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Nicholas Monroe and Simon Stadler won the final 6–4, 6–4 against Renzo Olivo and Marco Trungelliti.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles
Víctor Estrella was the defending champion but did not participate. Paolo Lorenzi defeated Leonardo Mayer 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–4 in the final to win the title.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira
The 2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pereira, Colombia between 9 and 15 April 2012.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Doubles
Marcel Felder and Carlos Salamanca were the defending champions but Felder decided not to participate. Salamanca played alongside Eduardo Struvay. Martín Alund and Guido Pella won the title by defeating Sebastián Decoud and Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–3, 2–6, [10–5] in the final.


2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles
Paolo Lorenzi was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Carlos Salamanca won the title, defeating Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2012 Selangor FA season
The 2012 Selangor FA Season was Selangor FA's 7th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League Since its inception in 2004.


2012 Selangor FA season
Selangor FA began the season on 10 January 2012. They will also compete in two domestic cups; The FA Cup Malaysia and Malaysia Cup.


2012 Selangor FA season, Malaysia Super League, Results
Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2012 season.


2012 Selangor FA season, Transfer In/Outs, Transfers (In)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Selangor FA season, Transfer In/Outs, Transfers (Out)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 1 July 2012. The result was a victory for the United in Hope coalition supporting newly elected President Macky Sall, which won 119 of the 150 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout in the election was just 37%.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, Background
Changes to the electoral law passed in 2010 made it mandatory for women to make up 50% of candidates on party lists. A total of 24 lists were submitted for the election, with over 7,000 candidates, including Laurence Gavron, the first white woman to run for election to Parliament.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, Background
Of the 150 seats in the National Assembly, 60 were elected through proportional representation and 90 in constituencies.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, Background
The election had originally been scheduled for 17 June 2012, but President Macky Sall announced a change of date after saying there was not enough time to prepare for it and that he had consulted the opposition Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) on the move.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results
As a result of the new law on equal representation on party lists, 64 women were elected to the Assembly.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results
The United in Hope coalition included the Alliance for the Republic.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, Aftermath
The pro-Sall United in Hope coalition won an overwhelming majority of seats in the National Assembly, 119 out of 150, while the PDS saw its share of seats plummet to only 12. The remaining 19 seats were distributed amongst an assortment of small parties. On 30 July 2012, one of Sall's most prominent allies, Moustapha Niasse, was elected as President of the National Assembly; he defeated a PDS deputy, Oumar Sarr. Niasse received 126 votes against 17 votes for Sarr; there were three blank votes.


2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, Aftermath
Eight vice-presidents were elected, including Awa Guèye as First Vice-President and Moustapha Cissé Lô as Second Vice-President. None of the vice-president posts went to a deputy from the opposition, leading it to complain that the majority had excluded it and ignored parliamentary tradition. While the opposition Liberals and Democrats Parliamentary Group was too few in number to guarantee it one of the posts, the opposition nevertheless felt that it should have been given a post for reasons of tradition and "dignity".


2012 Senegalese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 26 February 2012, amidst controversy over the constitutional validity of a third term for incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade. In the runoff on 25 March, Macky Sall defeated the incumbent president. The 2015 documentary film Incorruptible chronicles both campaigns as well as the youth movement Y'en Marre, which led protests against Wade's administration.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background
The 26 February 2012 date for the election was decreed by President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade on 23 November 2010. President Wade indicated that he would stand for his third term, set at seven years by the constitution. While the 2001 constitution limits a President to two terms, Wade argued that his 2000 election to his first seven-year term falls under the previous constitution, which did not provide for term limits.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, 2010–2011 protests and violence
In April 2010, Wade came under fire for unveiling a monument that was deemed too expensive. It was also criticised by religious leaders for the immodest attire of the women in the monument. While there was domestic criticism, the United States' Jesse Jackson and Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika praised Wade's representation of Africa. Similarly, North Korea, who contributed to the construction of the monument in exchange for a tract of land, congratulated Wade.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, 2010–2011 protests and violence
In December 2010, Senegalese troops engaged and repulsed 100 MFDC rebels after they attacked Bignona, Casamance. In February 2011, the Senegalese government cut ties with Iran, later alleging that forensic analysis of bullets obtained from rebels revealed that the Iranian government had supplied them.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, 2010–2011 protests and violence
On 18 February 2011, Oumar Bocoum, a soldier, used gasoline to set himself on fire outside the presidential palace in Dakar, following a pattern of protest used throughout the Middle East.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, 2010–2011 protests and violence
In June, after violent protests, Wade dropped plans for two constitutional changes: lowering the percentage of votes required for a first-round victory from 50% to 25% and creating the position of vice-president, also to be elected. Critics feared that Wade would use this to ensure his re-election against a split opposition, and to make his son vice-president. In response to a protest planned for 23 July, a ban on protesting in Dakar was laid down on 21 July 2011; the protesters in response moved the planned protest outside the city.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, Constitutional Court term limit ruling
On 27 January 2012, the Constitutional Court of Senegal ruled that Wade was allowed to run for a third term – according to the ruling, his first term did not count under the new constitution.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, Constitutional Court term limit ruling
Protests erupted the following day. Buildings burned across the capital Dakar. Police fired tear gas at youth protesters who questioned the ruling. Wade made a television appearance in which he called the protests "displays of petulance" and promised an "open" electoral campaign with "no restrictions on freedom." Protesters said that they would turn the Place de l'Obelisque in central Dakar into the country's version of Tahrir Square, the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian revolution which led to the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, Constitutional Court term limit ruling
Head of the Party of Independence and Labour and member of the M23 opposition activist group Amath Dansokho told reporters, "Abdoulaye Wade has declared war on the people". Truckloads of police in full riot gear and armed with tear gas grenade launchers and truncheons surrounded the presidential palace used by Wade. Leading human rights activist Alioune Tine was detained.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, Constitutional Court term limit ruling
The protests continued into February. Riot police fired volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets in Dakar on 19 February 2012, one week before the election.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Background, Constitutional Court term limit ruling
The protests finally ended when Sall defeated Wade in the runoff election.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Candidates
In addition to the fourteen eventual candidates, Bruno d'Erneville, President of Programme Action Citoyenne Totale, musician Youssou N'Dour, Abdourahmane Sarr and Kéba Keinde intended to run in the election as independents. In January 2012, Bruno d'Erneville formed an alliance with Ibrahima Falland withdrew. The other three intended candidates were barred from running in the election over insufficiency of legitimate signatures to endorse their campaigns.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Campaign
For the second round Sall called on all other losing candidates and N'Dour to support him on the promise of returning to five-year terms from the previous seven-year term that Wade controversially restored; he also said he would ensure that no leader could hold more than two terms.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Results
Following a review of the Constitutional Council's official result for the first round, Wade had 34.8% of the votes with Sall forcing a runoff after getting 26.5% of the votes; Moustapha Niasse was in third place with 13.2%, Ousmane Tanor Dieng was in fourth place with 11.3%, and Idrissa Seck followed with 7.86%.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Results
A run-off was held on 25 March between Wade and Sall with Sall winning the presidency. Notably, Wade lost by a big margin in his own constituency of Point-E. The election commission warned both candidates not to prematurely declare victory. Voting occurred without undue incidents.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Results, Reactions
After the second round, Wade announced the preliminary result and congratulated Sall. "My dear compatriots, at the end of the second round of the vote...the current results indicate that Macky Sall has won." His spokesman Amadou Sall said: "It is the whole country that has just won ... This is a big moment for democracy and President Abdoulaye Wade has respected the voice of the people." Thousands of Sall's supporters then celebrated on the streets of Dakar and outside the winning party's headquarters. The Senegalese Press Agency said that Wade called Sall at 21:30 to congratulate him.


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Results, Reactions
Sall said he would be a president for all the Senegalese people and the election marked a "new era." Wade's presidential spokesman Serigne Mbacke Ndiaye issued a statement that read: "On this day...at 9:27 p.m., President Abdoulaye Wade...wish[ed Sall] good luck in his mission at the head of Senegal in the hopes that he will render the Senegalese happy. In this way, Senegal, through a transparent election, has once again proven that she remains a great democracy – a great country."


2012 Senegalese presidential election, Government formation
After being sworn in on 2 April, Sall appointed Abdoul Mbaye as prime minister. Sall said that as "we aren't able to do everything. I haven't promised to do everything," his focus would be on poverty alleviation and development. This was boosted by the union of university professors suspending a strike to allow the new government to review its demands.


2012 Sengers Ladies Cycling Team season
The 2012 women's road cycling season was the first for Sengers Ladies Cycling Team (UCI code: SLT).


2012 Sengers Ladies Cycling Team season, Other achievements, Dutch national record, team pursuit
Vera Koedooder, as part of the national team, broke together with Ellen van Dijk and Kirsten Wild the Dutch team pursuit record at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


2012 Sengers Ladies Cycling Team season, UCI World Ranking
The team finished 15th in the UCI ranking for teams.


2012 Senior Bowl
The 2012 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2011 college football season, and prospects for the 2012 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The 63rd edition of the Senior Bowl was won by the North team, 23–13.


2012 Senior Bowl
The game was played on January 28, 2012, at 3 pm CST (4 p.m. Eastern time) at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between "North" and "South" teams. This year's Senior Bowl concluded the 2011-12 post-season as the NFLPA's Texas vs The Nation game, which would have been played the following week, was canceled. The coaching staff of the Minnesota Vikings, led by head coach Leslie Frazier, coached the North team. The coaching staff of the Washington Redskins, led by head coach Mike Shanahan, coached the South team.


2012 Senior Bowl
Coverage of the event was provided in high-definition on the NFL Network. Clothing company Nike was the sponsor for the first year, and provided apparel for the game.


2012 Senior League World Series
The 2012 Senior League World Series took place from August 12–18 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Guatemala City, Guatemala defeated Lemon Grove, California in the championship game.


2012 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season
The 2012 season was Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma's twenty-fourth season in the K-League in South Korea. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is competing K-League, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.


2012 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season, Transfer, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season, Transfer, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Sepang GP2 Series round
The 2012 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on March 24 and 25, 2012 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. It was the first round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.


2012 Sepang GP2 Series round
Davide Valsecchi was on pole for the feature race, which was won by Luiz Razia. James Calado won the sprint race.


2012 Serbia Open
The 2012 Serbia Open (also known as Serbia Open 2012 powered by Telekom Srbija for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament play on outdoor outdoor clay courts. The fourth edition of the event was hosted by Serbian player Novak Djokovic. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Tennis Center Novak complex in Belgrade, Serbia, from 28 April through 6 May 2012. Andreas Seppi won the singles title.


2012 Serbia Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Serbia Open, Finals, Doubles
Jonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram defeated  Martin Emmrich /  Andreas Siljeström, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]


2012 Serbia Open – Doubles
František Čermák and Filip Polášek were the defending champions, but they decided  to participate instead at the 2012 BMW Open. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won the title defeating Martin Emmrich and Andreas Siljeström 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] in the final.


2012 Serbia Open – Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but decided not to participate. Andreas Seppi won the title defeating Benoît Paire 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Serbia Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2012 Serbian local elections
Local elections in Serbia were held on 6 May 2012.


2012 Serbian local elections
Pursuant to the Constitution of Serbia, the parliamentary Speaker (at the time Slavica Đukić Dejanović from SPS) signed on 13 March 2012 the Decision on calling the elections for councilors of municipal assemblies, town assemblies and the Belgrade City Assembly for 6 May 2012, with the exception of: the councilors of the municipal assemblies of Aranđelovac, Bor, Vrbas, Vrnjačka Banja, Knjaževac, Kovin, Kosjerić, Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavić, Negotin, Novo Brdo, Odžaci, Peć, Prijepolje and Ruma and councilors of the Priština Town Assembly, which have already had extraordinary elections in the period from 2008 to 2012, while for councilors of the municipal assembly of Kula, the elections were already called earlier on 29 February 2012.


2012 Serbian local elections
In line with United Nations SC Resolution 1244, the Government of the Republic of Serbia will, in cooperation with UNMIK, implement all actions necessary for the elections on the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.


2012 Serbian local elections
Some EU member states officials expressed their disagreement over the decisions to call local elections for municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija. Local elections will be observed by a delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results
Note: The first percentage column refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list; the second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive five per cent of all votes cast to cross the electoral threshold.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Elections were held in fifteen of Belgrade's seventeen constituent municipalities. The exceptions were Voždovac and Zemun, where municipal elections were at the time held on different four-year cycles.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The elections generally were a victory for the Democratic Party, which claimed the mayoralties in nine of the fifteen participating municipalities. The Democratic Party also participated in grand coalition governments with the Progressives and Socialists in two other jurisdictions: Lazarevac (where the mayor was chosen from the ranks of the Socialists) and Rakovica (where the mayor was from the Progressives).


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The Progressives also won the mayoralty in Grocka and formed a coalition in Surčin wherein a member of the Socialists was chosen as mayor. The United Regions of Serbia claimed the mayoralty in Obrenovac, and Živorad Milosavljević's independent list won its third consecutive victory in Sopot.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Incumbent mayor Branka Savić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election with the support of seventeen delegates. The government was supported by the Democratic Party, Our Barajevo, two delegates from New Serbia, and one delegate each from the Socialist Party and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
In 2013, the Progressive Party joined a coalition government led by the DS. On 16 September 2015, a new local administration was founded by Velibor Novićević of the Progressives in alliance with the Socialists and the Independent Democratic Party of Serbia. Novićević was in turn replaced by fellow Progressive Party member Saša Kostić on 3 June 2015. Kostić had the support of the Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party, and some other delegates; he was expelled from the Progressive Party after taking power and subsequently joined the Democratic Party of Serbia.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čukarica were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Zoran Gajić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election; Uroš Janković of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as deputy mayor. In March 2014, a new administration was formed with Srđan Kolarić of the Progressive Party as mayor; he was supported by the Socialist alliance and by the Democratic Party of Serbia.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Dragoljub Simonović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced in December 2012 by Zoran Markov; Markov was in turn replaced by Stefan Dilberović in May 2014.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lazarevac were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Dragan Alimpijević of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local government was a grand coalition of the Socialists, the Democratic Party, and the Progressives.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mladenovac were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Dejan Čokić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. Čokić was dismissed from office in 2015, and Vladan Glišić (not to be confused with the future parliamentarian of the same name) led a provisional authority from 2015 to 2016.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Aleksandar Šapić, then a member of the Democratic Party, was chosen as mayor after the election with the support of forty delegates. The municipal government consisted of Choice for a Better New Belgrade, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the alliance around the Socialist Party.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Miroslav Čučković of the United Regions of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Stojan Nikolić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government consisted of the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the coalition around the Socialist Party.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Milosav Miličković of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government was a grand coalition consisting of the Progressives, the Democratic Party, and the coalition around the Socialist Party. Miličković was replaced as mayor by Vladan Kocić in June 2014.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Savski Venac were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Dušan Dinčić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. His deputy was a member of the Socialist Party. Parliamentarian Nataša Vučković was elected on the Democratic Party list.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sopot were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Incumbent mayor Živorad Milosavljević of the For the Municipality of Sopot list was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Dejan Kovačević of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government included Choice for a Better Stari Grad and the alliance around the Socialist Party.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Surčin were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Vesna Šalović of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government was formed by the Progressives, the United Regions of Serbia, and the Socialists.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Voždovac in 2012.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vračar were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Incumbent mayor Branimir Kuzmanović of the Democratic Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election, receiving the support of thirty-eight delegates. He was replaced by Tijana Blagojević, also of the Democratic Party, on 4 June 2015.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun in 2012.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade
Edip Šerifov of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal coalition consisted of the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the coalition around the Socialist Party.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and ten of the eleven separate municipalities of the South Bačka District. The exception was Vrbas, which was on a different four-year electoral cycle at the time.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The City of Novi Sad comprises two municipalities (the City municipality of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), although their powers are very limited relative to the city government. Unlike Belgrade, Niš, and Vranje, Novi Sad does not have directly elected municipal assemblies.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Most of the local elections in South Bačka did not produce a clear winner. The Democratic Party's lists technically won plurality victories in eight of the eleven jurisdictions that held elections, but they were only able to claim the mayoralties in Novi Sad (temporarily) and five other municipalities, including two where the party actually lost the popular vote. Progressive Party candidates won the mayoralties in three other municipalities, and candidates of the Socialist Party were chosen as mayor in Bačka Palanka and Srbobran.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Igor Pavličić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He lost his majority later in the year, and Miloš Vučević of the Serbian Progressive Party became mayor on 14 September 2012. The local coalition government (after Vučević became mayor) consisted of the Progressives, the Democratic Party of Serbia, Dveri, the Roma Democratic Party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, and the Socialist Party of Serbia. Milorad Mirčić, who served as the city's mayor in the 1990s, was re-elected to the assembly on the Radical Party list.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bač were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Mirko Pušara of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was formed by the Progressives and the Socialists; an individual delegate from the LSV and a delegate from the Radical Party also voted to approve the government. In December 2012, a new administration was formed by the Democratic Party in alliance with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and the Radical Party. Ognjen Marković of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor; Pušara initially refused to stand down, claiming the change in government was illegal.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Another change in administration took place in April 2014, with the Progressives returning to office in alliance with the Socialists and the League of Social Democrats. Dragan Stašević of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bačka Palanka were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Bojan Radman of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election. Aleksandar Đedovac of the Progressive Party was chosen as deputy mayor. In 2013, Radman and Đedovac rotated positions. The local governing coalition consisted of delegates of the Progressives, the Socialists, the Democratic Party of Serbia, Dveri, and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bački Petrovac were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Pavel Marčok of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Vuk Radojević of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The governing coalition also included the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Beočin were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Bogdan Cvejić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Srbobran were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Zoran Mladenović of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local governing coalition consisted of the Socialists, the Movement for Change list, and the LSV.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sremski Karlovci were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Milenko Filipović of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The governing coalition consisted of the Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. The United Regions of Serbia later joined the government, and the Progressive Party joined in October 2013.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The municipal government of Srbobran changed several times between 2012 and 2016.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Vladislav Capik of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government consisted of the Democratic Party, the Socialist Party and United Pensioners, the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia alliance, the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, and the "For the Prosperity of the Municipality of Temerin" group.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
On 12 March 2014, a new administration was formed with Gustonj Andraš of the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians as mayor. The new administration included the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Socialist Party and United Pensioners, the Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia alliance, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party. The Radicals were not part of the governing coalition but provided support on a motion of confidence.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Following another political realignment, Đuro Žiga of the Progressive Party became mayor in October 2014. The new governing coalition included the Progressives and Socialist Movement, the Socialist Party and United Pensioners, the Serbian Renewal Movement, and two groups of independent representatives.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Titel were as follows:


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Dragan Božić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor following the election. In 2014, the Democratic Party formed a new assembly majority with the United Regions of Serbia and the Socialist Party (also supported by individual members of other parties), and Milan Nastasić became the municipality's new mayor. Božić returned to office in December 2014 via an alliance of the Progressives and Radicals, also supported by the Socialists.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrbas in 2012.


2012 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žabalj were as follows: