# 2008 Nova Friburgo municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Nova Friburgo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/nova-friburgo.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 121,742 of 141,776 registered voters (85.9%). −1.1 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Nova Friburgo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/nova-friburgo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Heródoto Bento de Mello | PSC | 53,341 | 47.6% | Elected |
| Olney Ribeiro Botelho | PDT | 36,343 | 32.4% |  |
| Jamila Calil Salim Ribeiro | PSB | 14,994 | 13.4% |  |
| Sidney Sebastião de Moura e Silva | PCB | 4,064 | 3.6% |  |
| Ricardo dos Santos Figueira | PRTB | 3,414 | 3.0% |  |

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

PDT won 2 of the 12 seats, with 15.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 17,501 | 15.7% | 2 |
| Partido da República | 12,840 | 11.5% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 11,443 | 10.2% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 10,388 | 9.3% | 1 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 10,301 | 9.2% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 9,621 | 8.6% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 9,084 | 8.1% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 6,651 | 6.0% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 5,688 | 5.1% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 2,814 | 2.5% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 2,758 | 2.5% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 2,740 | 2.5% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 2,614 | 2.3% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 1,379 | 1.2% |  |
| Partido Comunista Brasileiro | 1,021 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 999 | 0.9% |  |
| Democratas | 754 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Verde | 712 | 0.6% |  |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 499 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 470 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 389 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 363 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 311 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado | 300 | 0.3% |  |
| Podemos | 113 | 0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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