# 2008 Patu municipal election

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

Turnout: 7,514 of 7,880 registered voters (95.4%). +3.3 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ednardo Benigno de Moura | PSB | 3,689 | 53.2% | Elected |
| João Henrique Godeiro | PCdoB | 3,251 | 46.8% |  |

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

PSB won 2 of the 9 seats, with 21.3% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 1,504 | 21.3% | 2 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 1,382 | 19.6% | 1 |
| Democratas | 1,012 | 14.3% | 2 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 904 | 12.8% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 747 | 10.6% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 700 | 9.9% | 1 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 371 | 5.2% |  |
| Partido da República | 346 | 4.9% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 49 | 0.7% |  |
| Progressistas | 29 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 9 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Verde | 8 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 4 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 3 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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