# 2008 Pau dos Ferros municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Pau dos Ferros](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pau-dos-ferros.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 16,434 of 18,430 registered voters (89.2%). +0.57 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Pau dos Ferros](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pau-dos-ferros/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leonardo Nunes Rêgo | DEM | 8,077 | 51.1% | Elected |
| Francisco Nilton Pascoal de Figueiredo | PP | 7,733 | 48.9% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Pau dos Ferros](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pau-dos-ferros/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Democratas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 40.9% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratas | 6,290 | 40.9% | 4 |
| Progressistas | 4,066 | 26.4% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,624 | 10.6% | 1 |
| Partido Verde | 778 | 5.1% |  |
| Partido da República | 706 | 4.6% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 598 | 3.9% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 456 | 3.0% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 407 | 2.6% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 339 | 2.2% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 123 | 0.8% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Pau dos Ferros mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pau-dos-ferros/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Pau dos Ferros Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/pau-dos-ferros/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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