# 2008 São Gonçalo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [São Gonçalo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo.md), October 5, 2008

Maria Aparecida Panisset won with 56.2% of the vote, 35.4 points ahead of Maria das Graças Tuze de Matos.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Aparecida Panisset | PDT | 270,591 | 56.2% | Elected |
| Maria das Graças Tuze de Matos | PMDB | 100,327 | 20.8% |  |
| Altineu Cortes Freitas Coutinho | PT | 91,108 | 18.9% |  |
| Josemar Pinheiro de Carvalho | PSOL | 14,246 | 3.0% |  |
| Patrícia Helena da Silva Rodriguês | PRTB | 4,990 | 1.0% |  |

Valid votes: 481,262

Turnout: 85.7% (544,124 of 635,093 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Nelson Ruas dos Santos, 94.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Nelson Ruas dos Santos, 50.8%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): José Luiz Nanci, 53.6%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Neilton Mulim da Costa, 56.8%
- October 5, 2008: Maria Aparecida Panisset, 56.2%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Maria Aparecida Panisset, 52.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Henry Charles Armond Calvert, 56.6%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Edson Ezequiel de Matos, 51.3%

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

- [São Gonçalo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/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 São Gonçalo

- 2008 São Gonçalo mayoral election
- [2008 São Gonçalo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/sao-goncalo/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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