# 2008 Petrópolis municipal election

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

Turnout: 196,381 of 231,821 registered voters (84.7%). −2.2 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Petrópolis](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/petropolis/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/petropolis/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Roberto Mustrangi de Oliveira | PT | 110,154 | 65.1% | Elected |
| Ronaldo Carlos de Medeiros Junior | PSB | 59,065 | 34.9% |  |

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

PSB won 4 of the 15 seats, with 21.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 38,301 | 21.5% | 4 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 20,961 | 11.8% | 3 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 16,724 | 9.4% | 2 |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 12,488 | 7.0% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 11,992 | 6.7% | 1 |
| Partido Verde | 10,168 | 5.7% | 1 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 9,708 | 5.4% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 9,498 | 5.3% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 8,117 | 4.6% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 5,794 | 3.2% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 4,908 | 2.8% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 4,572 | 2.6% |  |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 4,457 | 2.5% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 3,763 | 2.1% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 3,597 | 2.0% |  |
| Progressistas | 3,048 | 1.7% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 2,533 | 1.4% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 2,375 | 1.3% |  |
| Democratas | 1,872 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 1,419 | 0.8% |  |
| Partido da República | 1,321 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 584 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Comunista Brasileiro | 80 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

- [2008 Petrópolis municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/petropolis/2008-10-26-runoff.md), October 26, 2008

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