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
 
Leader Ricardo Berzoini Michel Temer Sérgio Guerra
Party PT
MDB
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

Municipal elections were held in

city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil.[2]

Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their

entrepreneurs used ballot names that make reference to their business.[4]

Mayoral elections results

Municipality Result Winner party
Aracaju (SE) Edvaldo Nogueira re-elected PCdoB
Belford Roxo (RJ
) 		Alcides Rolim elected
PT
Belo Horizonte (MG) Run-off between
Márcio Lacerda and Leonardo Quintão
 PSB and PMDB
Blumenau (SC) João Paulo Kleinübing re-elected DEM
Campina Grande (PB) Run-off between Veneziano and Rômulo Gouveia PMDB and PSDB
Campinas (SP) Hélio de Oliveira Santos re-elected PDT
Campo Grande (MS)
Nelsinho Trad
re-elected 		PMDB
Campos (RJ)
Rosinha Garotinho
elected 		PMDB
Caxias do Sul (RS) José Ivo Sartori re-elected PMDB
Cuiabá (MT) Run-off between Wilson Santos and Mauro Mendes
PR
Curitiba (PR) Beto Richa re-elected PSDB
Duque de Caxias (RJ) Zito elected PSDB
Florianópolis (SC) Run-off between Dário Berger and Esperidião Amin
PP
Franca (SP) Sidnei Rocha re-elected PSDB
Goiânia (GO) Íris Resende re-elected PMDB
Fortaleza (CE) Luizianne Lins re-elected
PT
Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE) Elias Gomes elected PSDB
João Pessoa (PB) Ricardo Coutinho re-elected PSB
Joinville (SC) Run-off between Carlito Merss and Darci de Matos
PT and DEM
Juiz de Fora (MG) Run-off between Margarida and Custódio Mattos
PT and PSDB
Londrina (PR) Run-off between Antônio Belinati and Hauly
PP and PSDB
Macapá (AM) Run-off between Camilo Capiberibe and Roberto Góes PSB and PDT
Maceió (AL) Cícero Almeida re-elected
PP
Manaus (AM) Run-off between Amazonino Mendes and Serafim Correa
PTB and PSB
Maringá (PR) Sílvio Barros re-elected
PP
Natal (RN) Micarla de Sousa elected PV
Niterói (RJ) Jorge Roberto Silveira elected PDT
Olinda (PE) Renildo Calheiros elected PC do B
Pelotas (RS) Run-off between Fernando Marroni and Fetter Junior
PP
Petrópolis (RJ) Run-off between Paulo Mustrangi and Ronaldo Medeiros
PT and PSB
Piracicaba (SP) Barjas Negri re-elected PSDB
Ponta Grossa (PR) Run-off between Wosgrau and Sandro Alex
PPS
Porto Alegre (RS) Run-off between José Fogaça and Maria do Rosário
PT
Porto Velho (RO) Roberto Sobrinho re-elected
PT
Recife (PE) João da Costa elected PT
Ribeirão Preto (SP) Dárcy Vera elected DEM
Rio Branco (AC) Raimundo Angelim 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 [pt] and Walter Pinheiro PMDB and PT
São Bernardo do Campo (SP) Run-off between Luiz Marinho and Orlando Morando
PT and PSDB
São Gonçalo (RJ) Aparecida Panisset re-elected PDT
São José (SC) Djalma Berger 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
PT
Teresina (PI) Sílvio Mendes re-elected PSDB
Uberaba (MG) Anderson Adauto re-elected PMDB
Uberlândia (MG) Odelmo Leão re-elected
PP
Vitória (ES
) 		João Coser re-elected
PT
Volta Redonda (RJ) Antônio Francisco Neto elected PMDB
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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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