# 2008 Paraíba do Sul mayoral election

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Gilberto José da Silva Leal won with 59.6% of the vote, 34.9 points ahead of José Rubem Pontes de Souza.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gilberto José da Silva Leal | PMDB | 15,037 | 59.6% | Elected |
| José Rubem Pontes de Souza | PDT | 6,237 | 24.7% |  |
| Mariangela Brick Santos | PSDB | 3,937 | 15.6% |  |

Valid votes: 25,211

Turnout: 84.5% (26,979 of 31,936 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Julio de Souza Bernardes, 54.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Dayse Deborah Alexandre Neves, 35.9%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Alessandro Crounge Bouzada, 41.8%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Marcio de Abreu Oliveira, 63.2%
- October 5, 2008: Gilberto José da Silva Leal, 59.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): João Vicente de Souza Ferreira, 53.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Rogerio Onofre de Oliveira, 57.3%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Rogerio Onofre de Oliveira, 49.1%

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

- [Paraíba do Sul Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/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 Paraíba do Sul

- 2008 Paraíba do Sul mayoral election
- [2008 Paraíba do Sul Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/paraiba-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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