# 2008 Rio de Janeiro municipal election

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

Turnout: 3,759,129 of 4,579,365 registered voters (82.1%). −2.0 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md)

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eduardo da Costa Paes | PMDB | 1,696,195 | 50.8% | Elected |
| Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira | PV | 1,640,970 | 49.2% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Democratas won 8 of the 51 seats, with 15.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratas | 476,788 | 15.0% | 8 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 312,649 | 9.9% | 5 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 266,993 | 8.4% | 5 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 200,038 | 6.3% | 3 |
| Partido Verde | 198,737 | 6.3% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 174,220 | 5.5% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 166,425 | 5.2% | 3 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 151,224 | 4.8% | 2 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 144,842 | 4.6% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 140,446 | 4.4% | 3 |
| Partido da República | 135,335 | 4.3% | 2 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 113,239 | 3.6% | 2 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 109,433 | 3.5% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 100,892 | 3.2% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 85,982 | 2.7% | 1 |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 82,713 | 2.6% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 72,215 | 2.3% | 1 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 63,595 | 2.0% | 1 |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 50,008 | 1.6% | 1 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 34,639 | 1.1% | 1 |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 25,667 | 0.8% | 1 |
| Partido Social Liberal | 24,674 | 0.8% |  |
| Podemos | 15,620 | 0.5% |  |
| Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado | 11,493 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 7,568 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Comunista Brasileiro | 5,332 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido da Causa Operária | 1,112 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

## Elections held within this one

- [2008 Rio de Janeiro municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-26-runoff.md), October 26, 2008

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