# 2008 Triunfo Potiguar mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Triunfo Potiguar](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar.md), October 5, 2008

José Gildenor da Fonseca won with 61.5% of the vote, 22.9 points ahead of Jonas Estevão da Fonseca.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Gildenor da Fonseca | PSB | 1,954 | 61.5% | Elected |
| Jonas Estevão da Fonseca | PR | 1,225 | 38.5% |  |

Valid votes: 3,179

Turnout: 91.7% (3,331 of 3,634 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Joana Darc Estevam da Fonseca Silva, 73.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Joana Darc Estevam da Fonseca Silva, 50.3%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Maria Lúcia de Azevedo Estevam, 50.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): José Gildenor da Fonseca, 100.0%
- October 5, 2008: José Gildenor da Fonseca, 61.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Antonio Estevam, 61.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Antonio Estevam, 52.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Lufran Medeiros, 50.7%

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

- [Triunfo Potiguar Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/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 Triunfo Potiguar

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2008-10-05-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/triunfo-potiguar/2008-10-05-local/mayor.json.