# 2008 Taipu mayoral election

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

Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo won with 61.1% of the vote, 25.3 points ahead of Francisco Marcelo Cavalcante de Queiroz.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo | PSB | 4,606 | 61.1% | Elected |
| Francisco Marcelo Cavalcante de Queiroz | PSDB | 2,701 | 35.8% |  |
| Francisco Canindé Soares de Aquino | PT | 233 | 3.1% |  |

Valid votes: 7,540

Turnout: 92.5% (8,096 of 8,756 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior, 55.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior, 57.3%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo, 57.6%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Ariosvaldo Bandeira Júnior, 51.1%
- October 5, 2008: Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo, 61.1%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Sebastião Ambrósio de Melo, 45.4%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Francisco Marcelo Cavalcante de Queiroz, 53.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Francisco Marcelo Cavalcante de Queiroz, 46.9%

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

- [Taipu Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/taipu/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 Taipu

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

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