# 2008 Macau mayoral election

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

Flavio Vieira Veras won with 52.5% of the vote, 7.8 points ahead of José Antônio de Menezes Sousa.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flavio Vieira Veras | PMDB | 9,134 | 52.5% | Elected |
| José Antônio de Menezes Sousa | PSDB | 7,776 | 44.7% |  |
| Maria Eliete Pereira Lima de Oliveira | PT | 485 | 2.8% |  |

Valid votes: 17,395

Turnout: 94.3% (18,330 of 19,441 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Flavia Patricia Tavares Veras Vieira, 58.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): José Antônio de Menezes Sousa, 56.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Tulio Bezerra Lemos, 87.5%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Kerginaldo Pinto do Nascimento, 43.0%
- October 5, 2008: Flavio Vieira Veras, 52.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Flavio Vieira Veras, 55.2%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Antônio de Menezes Sousa, 57.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Antônio de Menezes Sousa, 49.0%

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

- [Macau Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/macau/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 Macau

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

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