# 2008 Portalegre Municipal Chamber election

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 35.0% of the vote.

Seats: PMDB 4, PP 3, and DEM 2.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,675 | 35.0% | 4 | Elected |
| Progressistas | 1,499 | 31.3% | 3 | Elected |
| Democratas | 1,401 | 29.3% | 2 | Elected |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 214 | 4.5% |  |  |

Valid votes: 4,789

Turnout: 91.1% (5,069 of 5,563 registered)

## Candidates by list

9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes

### Unidos por Portalegre

4,789 votes, 9 seats

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manoel de Freitas Neto | PP | 662 | Elected |
| Jose Edson de Paiva | PMDB | 576 | Elected |
| Jose Augusto de Freitas Rego | DEM | 549 | Elected |
| Maria Auxiliadora Beserra Lucena Sa | PP | 382 | Elected |
| Ecimar Pereira Carlos | PMDB | 365 | Elected |
| Jose Adalberto Nunes Rego | DEM | 365 | Elected |
| Euclides Luiz Pereira Neto | PP | 332 | Elected |
| Leci Carvalho de Paiva Cavalcante | PMDB | 323 | Elected |
| Veralucia Lopes Viana Fonseca | PMDB | 243 | Elected |
| Cicero Batista de Freitas | DEM | 228 |  |
| Luiz Gomes | DEM | 167 |  |
| Ribamar Ferreira de Lima | PSB | 119 |  |
| Gilenilson Ferreira Souza | PSB | 84 |  |
| Francisco Alcivan Paulino de Oliveira | PMDB | 26 |  |
| Mônica Gurgel Vaz | PMDB | 7 |  |

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): União Brasil, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Podemos, União Brasil, União Brasil, Podemos, União Brasil, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Podemos, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, União Brasil
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Democratas, Progressistas, Democratas, Progressistas, Democratas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Democratas, Democratas
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas
- October 5, 2008: list, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Democratas, Democratas
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas

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

- [Portalegre mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2008-10-05-local/mayor.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 Portalegre

- [2008 Portalegre mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/portalegre/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- 2008 Portalegre Municipal Chamber election

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