# 2008 Jardim do Seridó mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Jardim do Seridó](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido.md), October 5, 2008

Jocimar Dantas de Araújo won with 50.8% of the vote, 3.8 points ahead of Edimar Medeiros Dantas.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jocimar Dantas de Araújo | PMDB | 4,413 | 50.8% | Elected |
| Edimar Medeiros Dantas | PSB | 4,085 | 47.1% |  |
| José da Noite de Medeiros | PTB | 182 | 2.1% |  |

Valid votes: 8,680

Turnout: 90.9% (9,036 of 9,944 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Silvana Azevedo da Costa, 58.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): José Amazan Silva, 50.7%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): José Amazan Silva, 51.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Jocimar Dantas de Araújo, 51.6%
- October 5, 2008: Jocimar Dantas de Araújo, 50.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Edimar Medeiros Dantas, 55.7%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Patricio Joaquim de Medeiros Junior, 52.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Maria Jose Lira Medeiros, 39.9%

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

- [Jardim do Seridó Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/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 Jardim do Seridó

- 2008 Jardim do Seridó mayoral election
- [2008 Jardim do Seridó Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/jardim-do-serido/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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