# 2008 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election

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Eduardo da Costa Paes led with 32.0% of the vote, 6.4 points ahead of Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 5, 2008

- Eduardo da Costa Paes, 32.0% (Advanced)
- Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira, 25.6% (Advanced)
- Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 19.1%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md), October 26, 2008

- Eduardo da Costa Paes, 50.8% (Elected)
- Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira, 49.2%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eduardo da Costa Paes | PMDB | 1,049,019 | 32.0% | Advanced |
| Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira | PV | 839,994 | 25.6% | Advanced |
| Marcelo Bezerra Crivella | PRB | 625,237 | 19.1% |  |
| Jandira Feghali | PCdoB | 321,012 | 9.8% |  |
| Alessandro Lucciola Molon | PT | 162,926 | 5.0% |  |
| Solange Amaral | DEM | 128,596 | 3.9% |  |
| Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho | PSOL | 59,362 | 1.8% |  |
| Paulo Sérgio Ramos Barboza | PDT | 59,147 | 1.8% |  |
| Filipe de Almeida Pereira | PSC | 17,577 | 0.5% |  |
| Vinícius Cordeiro | PT do B | 13,353 | 0.4% |  |
| Eduardo Gonçalves Serra | PCB | 2,663 | 0.1% |  |
| Antônio Carlos Silva | PCO | 961 | <0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 3,279,847

Turnout: 82.1% (3,759,129 of 4,579,365 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 61.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.1%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 59.4%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.6%
- October 5, 2008: Eduardo da Costa Paes, 50.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 50.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 51.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luiz Paulo Fernandez Conde, 62.2%

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

- [Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/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 Rio de Janeiro

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

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