# 2008 Arraial do Cabo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Arraial do Cabo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo.md), October 5, 2008

Wanderson Cardoso de Brito won with 48.5% of the vote, 9.4 points ahead of José Bonifácio Ferreira Novellino.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wanderson Cardoso de Brito | PMDB | 9,412 | 48.5% | Elected |
| José Bonifácio Ferreira Novellino | PDT | 7,579 | 39.0% |  |
| Fuad Diuana Zacharias | PSL | 2,430 | 12.5% |  |

Valid votes: 19,421

Turnout: 86.8% (20,295 of 23,368 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Marcelo Magno Felix dos Santos, 98.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Marcelo Magno Felix dos Santos, 39.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Renato Martins Vianna, 76.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Wanderson Cardoso de Brito, 66.3%
- October 5, 2008: Wanderson Cardoso de Brito, 48.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Henrique Sérgio Melman, 54.2%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Henrique Sérgio Melman, 54.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Renato Vianna de Souza, 55.3%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 5, 2008

- [Arraial do Cabo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.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 Arraial do Cabo

- 2008 Arraial do Cabo mayoral election
- [2008 Arraial do Cabo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2008-10-05-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/arraial-do-cabo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.json.