# 2008 Várzea Branca Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Piauí](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi.md) / [Várzea Branca](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca.md), October 5, 2008 Democratas won 3 of the 9 seats, with 25.1% of the vote. Seats: DEM 3, PR 1, PRB 1, PTB 1, PSB 1, PT do B 1, and PSDB 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Democratas | 741 | 25.1% | 3 | Elected | | Partido da República | 475 | 16.1% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 412 | 14.0% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 275 | 9.3% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 222 | 7.5% | 1 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 188 | 6.4% | | | | Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 187 | 6.3% | 1 | Elected | | Partido dos Trabalhadores | 149 | 5.1% | | | | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 146 | 5.0% | 1 | Elected | | Progressistas | 144 | 4.9% | | | | Partido Comunista do Brasil | 8 | 0.3% | | | Valid votes: 2,947 Turnout: 85.8% (3,061 of 3,567 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Trabalhista 1,204 votes, 4 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Raimundo Nonato Alves Paes Landim | DEM | 290 | Elected | | Arnaldo Pereira da Costa | DEM | 200 | Elected | | Arnaldo Ribeiro Brasil | PTB | 178 | Elected | | Vilmar Barbosa dos Santos | DEM | 167 | Elected | | Dercilio Paes Macario | PMDB | 130 | | | Elizete Fernandes dos Santos | PTB | 78 | | | Gilberto Dias de Castro | DEM | 43 | | | Francisco de Assis Paes | PMDB | 15 | | | Rosalio Gomes de Sa | PMDB | 7 | | | Cosmiana Lima da Silva | PTB | 6 | | | Reginaldo dos Santos Carvalho | PMDB | 4 | | ### A Vez do Povo 929 votes, 3 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Kleynston Luis Ribeiro de Negreiros | PSB | 215 | Elected | | Clayton Fabrio Ribeiro da Silva | PRB | 156 | Elected | | Gilberto Pereira dos Santos | PSDB | 141 | Elected | | Raimundo Ferreira Paes | PT | 138 | | | Jose Andei da Costa Sousa | PRB | 78 | | | Cleisan Pereira dos Santos | PRB | 47 | | | Dener Rodrigues Dias | PRB | 43 | | | Maria Rosa Lima Pereira | PRB | 37 | | | Virgilina da Paixão Lima | PRB | 14 | | | Nemesio Martins Campinho | PT | 7 | | ### Vontade do Povo 814 votes, 2 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Gildemar Martins dos Reis | PT do B | 180 | Elected | | Ison Dias dos Reis | PR | 155 | Elected | | Adriano do Rosario Lima | PR | 137 | | | Edvaldo Ferreira dos Reis | PP | 116 | | | Lindon Jonson de Oliveira | PR | 102 | | | Raimundo Aparecido do Rosario | PR | 34 | | | Jose Martins dos Reis | PR | 8 | | | Abigaildo Ribeiro de Farias | PCdoB | 3 | | | Carmelio Alves de Macedo | PCdoB | 2 | | | Coriolano Martins Filho | PT do B | 1 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Social Democrático, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Social Democrático, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Republicanos, Progressistas, Progressistas, Republicanos, Republicanos, Progressistas, Republicanos, Republicanos, Progressistas, Progressistas - [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Republicanos, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Pátria Livre, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Republicano da Ordem Social - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Liberal, Avante, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Pátria Livre, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Republicanos - October 5, 2008: list, list, list, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Avante, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Republicanos, Partido Liberal, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, list, Democratas, Progressistas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Cidadania - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Cidadania - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 5, 2008 - [Várzea Branca mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md) - [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2008-10-05-local.md) (11,123) ## Sources - [Resultados - 2008](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2008), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution ## On the ballot in Várzea Branca - [2008 Várzea Branca mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md) - 2008 Várzea Branca Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/pi/varzea-branca/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.json.