2008 Brazilian municipal elections

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2008 Brazilian municipal elections
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Mayors and councillors of all the 5,568 municipalities of Brazil
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Ricardo Berzoini.JPG Presidente Michel Temer (foto oficial) - cortada (cropped 2).jpg Sergio guerra.jpg
Leader Ricardo Berzoini Michel Temer Sérgio Guerra
Party PT PMDB PSDB
Last election 411 mayors 1,059 mayors 870 mayors
Seats won 557 1,202 791
Seat change +146 +143 –79
Popular vote 16,468,094 18,491,822 14,537,570

The Brazilian municipal elections of 2008 were held on October 5 and October 26.[1] Over 130 million voters will choose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil.[2]

Brazilian law allows candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates have chosen the ballot name "Barack Obama" [3] and some entrepreneurs use ballot names that make reference to their business.[4]

Mayoral elections results[]

Municipality Result Winner party
Aracaju (SE) re-elected PCdoB
Belford Roxo (RJ) elected PT
Belo Horizonte (MG) Run-off between Márcio Lacerda and PSB and PMDB
Blumenau (SC) João Paulo Kleinübing re-elected DEM
Campina Grande (PB) Run-off between and PMDB and PSDB
Campinas (SP) Hélio de Oliveira Santos re-elected PDT
Campo Grande (MS) re-elected PMDB
Campos (RJ) Rosinha Garotinho elected PMDB
Caxias do Sul (RS) José Ivo Sartori re-elected PMDB
Cuiabá (MT) Run-off between and Mauro Mendes PSDB and PR
Curitiba (PR) Beto Richa re-elected PSDB
Duque de Caxias (RJ) elected PSDB
Florianópolis (SC) Run-off between D��rio Berger and Esperidião Amin PMDB and PP
Franca (SP) re-elected PSDB
Goiânia (GO) re-elected PMDB
Fortaleza (CE) Luizianne Lins re-elected PT
Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE) elected PSDB
João Pessoa (PB) Ricardo Coutinho re-elected PSB
Joinville (SC) Run-off between and PT and DEM
Juiz de Fora (MG) Run-off between Margarida and PT and PSDB
Londrina (PR) Run-off between and PP and PSDB
Macapá (AM) Run-off between Camilo Capiberibe and PSB and PDT
Maceió (AL) re-elected PP
Manaus (AM) Run-off between Amazonino Mendes and PTB and PSB
Maringá (PR) re-elected PP
Natal (RN) Micarla de Sousa elected PV
Niterói (RJ) Jorge Roberto Silveira elected PDT
Olinda (PE) elected PC do B
Pelotas (RS) Run-off between and PT and PP
Petrópolis (RJ) Run-off between and PT and PSB
Piracicaba (SP) re-elected PSDB
Ponta Grossa (PR) Run-off between and PSDB and PPS
Porto Alegre (RS) Run-off between José Fogaça and Maria do Rosário PMDB and PT
Porto Velho (RO) re-elected PT
Recife (PE) elected PT
Ribeirão Preto (SP) elected DEM
Rio Branco (AC) re-elected PT
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Run-off between Eduardo Paes and Fernando Gabeira PMDB and PV
Salvador (BA) Run-off between João Henrique and Walter Pinheiro PMDB and PT
São Bernardo do Campo (SP) Run-off between Luiz Marinho and PT and PSDB
São Gonçalo (RJ) re-elected PDT
São José (SC) elected PSB
São Luís (MA) Run-off between João Castelo and Flávio Dino PSDB and PC do B
São Paulo (SP) Run-off between Gilberto Kassab and Marta Suplicy DEM and PT
Teresina (PI) re-elected PSDB
Uberaba (MG) re-elected PMDB
Uberlândia (MG) re-elected PP
Vitória (ES) re-elected PT
Volta Redonda (RJ) elected PMDB

References[]

  1. ^ "Elections calendar" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de São Paulo. Archived from the original on 2008-09-23.
  2. ^ "Elections statistics" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
  3. ^ Tom Phillips (2008-09-15). "Now for Brazil's Barack Obamas - all six of them". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Rodrigo Bertolotto (2008-09-26). ""Candidato-empresa" aproveita eleição e promove sua firma" (in Portuguese). UOL Notícias.
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