2008 Brazilian municipal elections

Local elections in Brazil 2008 Brazilian municipal elections Brazil legislative no 2004 Brazilian municipal elections 2004 2012 Brazilian municipal elections 2012 October 5, 2008 Mayors and councillors of all the 5,568 municipalities of Brazil 100px Ricardo Berzoini Workers' Party (Brazil) 411 mayors 557 146 16,468,094 100px Michel Temer Brazilian Democratic Movement Party 1,059 mayors 1,202 143 18,491,822 100px Sérgio Guerra Brazilian Social Democratic Party 870 mayors 791 79 14,537,570 Municipal elections were held in Brazil on October 5 and October 26, 2008.http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/2008/paginas/calendario_2008.htm Elections calendar Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de São Paulo Portuguese dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080923220018/http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/2008/paginas/calendario_2008.htm 2008-09-23 Over 130 million voters chose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil.http://agencia.tse.gov.br/sadAdmAgencia/estatistica/estatisticas2008/info_gerais.htm Elections statistics Tribunal Superior Eleitoral Portuguese dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170002/http://agencia.tse.gov.br/sadAdmAgencia/estatistica/estatisticas2008/info_gerais.htm 2011-07-24 Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates chose the ballot name Barack Obama https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/15/brazil.barackobama Now for Brazil's Barack Obamas - all six of them Tom Phillips The Guardian 2008-09-15 and some entrepreneurs used ballot names that make reference to their business.http://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2008/ultnot/2008/09/26/ult6120u49.jhtm Portuguese "Candidato-empresa" aproveita eleição e promove sua firma Rodrigo Bertolotto 2008-09-26 UOL Notícias 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 PSDB and 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 PMDB and 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 Antonio 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 PT and 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 PSDB and PPS Porto Alegre (RS) Run-off between José Fogaça and Maria do Rosário PMDB and 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 Carneiro pt João Henrique 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 DEM and 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 References 2 Category:2008 elections in Brazil Category:Municipal elections in Brazil Category:October 2008 in South America