# 2008 Barcelona Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Barcelona](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona.md), October 5, 2008 Democratas won 3 of the 9 seats, with 35.1% of the vote. Seats: DEM 3, PMDB 2, PDT 2, PR 1, and PRB 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Democratas | 1,182 | 35.1% | 3 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 776 | 23.0% | 2 | Elected | | Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 751 | 22.3% | 2 | Elected | | Partido da República | 286 | 8.5% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 189 | 5.6% | 1 | Elected | | Partido dos Trabalhadores | 167 | 5.0% | | | | Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 21 | 0.6% | | | Valid votes: 3,372 Turnout: 97.4% (3,533 of 3,629 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Trabalho e Compromisso com o Povo 1,980 votes, 5 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Francisco Herbert Bezerra | PDT | 228 | Elected | | José Elenilson Firme | PDT | 205 | Elected | | Jacio Antonio de Oliveira | PR | 196 | Elected | | Vicente Mafra Neto | PMDB | 186 | Elected | | Israel Leônidas Medeiros Mafra | PMDB | 163 | Elected | | Nelsina Lopes da Silva | PT | 160 | | | Aristofanes Medeiros da Costa | PMDB | 153 | | | José de Medeiros | PMDB | 143 | | | Jose Erique da Silva | PDT | 130 | | | Maria Elza Aires de Souza | PDT | 119 | | | Edflavio Vicente da Silva | PMDB | 107 | | | Jarles Câmara | PR | 62 | | ### Na Luta, Pela Paz e Mais Progresso para Barcelona 1,392 votes, 4 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Eduardo Pereira Lopes | DEM | 295 | Elected | | Jose Lucio da Silva | DEM | 235 | Elected | | Donizete Cosme de Pontes | DEM | 187 | Elected | | Natelmo Mauricio do Nascimento | PRB | 186 | Elected | | Francisco Ferreira Filho | DEM | 163 | | | Daniel Ferreira dos Santos | DEM | 145 | | | Manoel Herculano de Araujo | DEM | 76 | | | Erica Soares Pereira | PSB | 21 | | | Jose Francisco de Araujo | DEM | 5 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Podemos, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Podemos, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Podemos, Podemos - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Social Democrático, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Social Democrático, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Social Democrático, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Republicanos, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Solidariedade - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Partido Social Democrático, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Social Democrático, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Republicanos, Partido Liberal - October 5, 2008: list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Republicanos, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, list, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 5, 2008 - [Barcelona mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2008-10-05-local/mayor.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 Barcelona - [2008 Barcelona mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md) - 2008 Barcelona Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/barcelona/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.json.