| Election Name: | 2012 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] [3] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2011 Basildon Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Basildon Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2012 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 29 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,354 |
| Percentage1: | 38.4% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 15 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,614 |
| Percentage2: | 32.6% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,401 |
| Percentage3: | 8.1% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative Party |
| After Election: | Conservative Party |
The 2012 Basildon Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council seats was to be elected.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 15| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 35,967| style="text-align: right;" |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2008 election.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120411150856/http://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3946&p=0 Statement of Persons Nominated