# 2008 Tangará municipal election

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

Turnout: 9,656 of 11,019 registered voters (87.6%). −0.52 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jorge Eduardo de Carvalho Bezerra | PSB | 4,743 | 51.9% | Elected |
| Giovannu Cesar Pinheiro e Alves | PR | 4,284 | 46.9% |  |
| Mauricio de Araújo Figueiredo | PT | 114 | 1.2% |  |

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

PSB won 2 of the 9 seats, with 30.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 2,815 | 30.6% | 2 |
| Partido da República | 1,431 | 15.6% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 1,279 | 13.9% | 2 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 1,183 | 12.9% | 2 |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 1,066 | 11.6% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 553 | 6.0% |  |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 486 | 5.3% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 230 | 2.5% |  |
| Democratas | 121 | 1.3% |  |
| Progressistas | 37 | 0.4% |  |

## Contests

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

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