# 2008 Encanto Municipal Chamber election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Encanto](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto.md), October 5, 2008

Democratas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 42.3% of the vote.

Seats: DEM 4, PSB 4, and PP 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratas | 1,441 | 42.3% | 4 | Won |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 1,349 | 39.6% | 4 | Elected |
| Progressistas | 595 | 17.4% | 1 | Elected |
| Partido da República | 25 | 0.7% |  |  |

Valid votes: 3,410

Turnout: 96.9% (3,550 of 3,663 registered)

## Candidates by list

9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes

### Encanto de Paz

1,944 votes, 5 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francisco Luzimar de Oliveira Alves | PSB | 302 | Elected |
| Luzimar Carlos de Lima | PSB | 266 | Elected |
| Ivanildo Marcelino da Silva | PSB | 260 | Elected |
| Petrônio Chaves da Costa Freitas | PP | 259 | Elected |
| Rosemary Fernandes Aquino de Queiroz | PSB | 247 | Elected |
| Adgerson Queiroz do Nascimento | PSB | 157 |  |
| Maria Jussioneide Pereira de Bessa | PP | 108 |  |
| Cassimiro Silva Lima | PP | 98 |  |
| Reinildo Carlos Castro | PSB | 80 |  |
| Pedro Gomes de Morais | PP | 67 |  |
| Roberto Messias de Oliveira | PP | 1 |  |

### Democratas

1,441 votes, 4 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raimundo Nonato Nogueira | DEM | 314 | Elected |
| Cosma Edtônia Rufino Batista | DEM | 250 | Elected |
| Atevaldo Nazario da Silva | DEM | 228 | Elected |
| Edvaldo Pereira da Silva | DEM | 211 | Elected |
| Francisco Cabral Sales Dutra | DEM | 147 |  |
| Luiz Gonzaga da Silva | DEM | 115 |  |
| Hermano Fernandes Simão | DEM | 93 |  |

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Liberal, list, Partido Liberal, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Republicanos, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Democratas, Republicanos, Democratas
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Comunista do Brasil, Solidariedade, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Avante
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido dos Trabalhadores
- October 5, 2008: list, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Democratas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Socialista Brasileiro, list, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Social Cristão, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Social Cristão
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira

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

- [Encanto mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/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 Encanto

- [2008 Encanto mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/encanto/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- 2008 Encanto Municipal Chamber election

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