# 2008 Japi municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,285 of 4,749 registered voters (90.2%). −5.2 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Japi](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Robson Vanderlei de Medeiros | PSB | 2,063 | 51.8% | Elected |
| Jodoval Ferreira de Pontes | PMDB | 1,919 | 48.2% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Japi](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PSB won 2 of the 9 seats, with 21.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 857 | 21.6% | 2 |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 826 | 20.8% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 763 | 19.2% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 660 | 16.6% | 1 |
| Democratas | 368 | 9.3% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 255 | 6.4% | 1 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 233 | 5.9% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 4 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 1 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Japi mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Japi Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2008-10-05-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/japi/2008-10-05-local.json.