2008 Brazilian municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Brazil on October 5 and October 26, 2008.[1] Over 130 million voters chose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil.[2]
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Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates chose the ballot name "Barack Obama" [3] and some entrepreneurs used ballot names that make reference to their business.[4]
Mayoral elections results
Municipality | Result | Winner party |
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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 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 | 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 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 |
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References
- "Elections calendar" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de São Paulo. Archived from the original on 2008-09-23.
- "Elections statistics" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
- Tom Phillips (2008-09-15). "Now for Brazil's Barack Obamas - all six of them". The Guardian.
- Rodrigo Bertolotto (2008-09-26). ""Candidato-empresa" aproveita eleição e promove sua firma" (in Portuguese). UOL Notícias.
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