# 2008 Laje do Muriaé mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Laje do Muriaé](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae.md), October 5, 2008

José Eliezer Tostes Pinto won with 51.6% of the vote, 10.0 points ahead of Marcus Luiz Werneck Fraga.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Eliezer Tostes Pinto | PMDB | 2,820 | 51.6% | Elected |
| Marcus Luiz Werneck Fraga | DEM | 2,275 | 41.6% |  |
| José Bernardo de Oliveira | PT do B | 368 | 6.7% |  |

Valid votes: 5,463

Turnout: 87.0% (5,926 of 6,811 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Eudócio Moreira Cardozo, 67.0%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Eudócio Moreira Cardozo, 49.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Rivelino da Silva Bueno, 49.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Rivelino da Silva Bueno, 53.6%
- October 5, 2008: José Eliezer Tostes Pinto, 51.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Geraldo Pereira Carvalho, 52.4%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Eliezer Tostes Pinto, 52.8%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Eliezer Tostes Pinto, 57.6%

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

- [Laje do Muriaé Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/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 Laje do Muriaé

- 2008 Laje do Muriaé mayoral election
- [2008 Laje do Muriaé Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/laje-do-muriae/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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