# 2008 Riacho da Cruz Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Riacho da Cruz](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz.md), October 5, 2008 Democratas won 7 of the 9 seats, with 73.9% of the vote. Seats: DEM 7, PMDB 1, and PV 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Democratas | 1,603 | 73.9% | 7 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 224 | 10.3% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Verde | 176 | 8.1% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 114 | 5.3% | | | | Partido dos Trabalhadores | 51 | 2.4% | | | Valid votes: 2,168 Turnout: 96.7% (2,301 of 2,379 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Com a Força do Povo Unidos Venceremos 2,117 votes, 9 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claudio Uberlane de Sá | DEM | 296 | Elected | | Marcondes de Oliveira Costa | PMDB | 218 | Elected | | Francisco Giordano de Paiva Freitas | PV | 172 | Elected | | Osvaldo Rodrigues Soares | DEM | 159 | Elected | | Eliete Pereira Pinto de Freitas | DEM | 152 | Elected | | José Lazaro Gomes de Lucena | DEM | 143 | Elected | | José das Chagas de Oliveira Neto | DEM | 142 | Elected | | Gilson Amorim | DEM | 140 | Elected | | José Robério Alves | DEM | 134 | Elected | | Manoel do Rego Neto | DEM | 127 | | | Paulo Cesar de Amorim Alencar | PSB | 109 | | | Maria Irani de Oliveira | DEM | 108 | | | Francisca Tania da Silva Oliveira | DEM | 47 | | | Jose Erenilson Sobrinho | DEM | 12 | | | Maria Veralucia Rego de Araujo Dantas | DEM | 6 | | ### Partido dos Trabalhadores 51 votes, 0 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Antonio Tomailson da Silva Ribeiro | PT | 34 | | | Roberta Miranda Ribeiro de Oliveira | PT | 2 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Progressistas - [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Social Democrático, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas - October 5, 2008: list, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Verde, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, list, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Verde, Democratas, Partido Verde, Democratas - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Liberal, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas, Democratas ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 5, 2008 - [Riacho da Cruz mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/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 Riacho da Cruz - [2008 Riacho da Cruz mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md) - 2008 Riacho da Cruz Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/riacho-da-cruz/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.json.