2008 Brazilian municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Brazil on October 5 and October 26, 2008. Over 130 million voters chose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil.

2008 Brazilian municipal elections

October 5, 2008
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

Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates chose the ballot name "Barack Obama" and some entrepreneurs used ballot names that make reference to their business.

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 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