# 2008 Mesquita municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Mesquita](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/mesquita.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 107,819 of 125,283 registered voters (86.1%). −1.1 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Mesquita](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/mesquita/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artur Messias da Silveira | PT | 52,613 | 56.2% | Elected |
| Jorge Ferreira Campos | PMDB | 30,585 | 32.7% |  |
| Joel Costa Andrade | PPS | 9,100 | 9.7% |  |
| Paulo Roberto Vieira Jacques | PSOL | 1,271 | 1.4% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Mesquita](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/mesquita/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PT do B won 3 of the 12 seats, with 16.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 15,818 | 16.1% | 3 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 15,205 | 15.5% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 15,197 | 15.5% | 2 |
| Partido da República | 10,869 | 11.1% | 1 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 7,620 | 7.8% | 2 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 6,067 | 6.2% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 5,771 | 5.9% |  |
| Progressistas | 4,399 | 4.5% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 3,016 | 3.1% |  |
| Partido Verde | 2,209 | 2.3% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,920 | 2.0% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 1,592 | 1.6% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 1,530 | 1.6% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 1,517 | 1.5% |  |
| Democratas | 1,423 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 1,315 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 1,019 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 429 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 248 | 0.3% |  |
| Podemos | 229 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 214 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 189 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 185 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 54 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Comunista Brasileiro | 42 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Mesquita mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/mesquita/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Mesquita Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/mesquita/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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