# 2008 Upanema municipal election

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

Turnout: 9,024 of 9,705 registered voters (93.0%). +0.30 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Stella Freire da Costa | PMDB | 4,722 | 55.3% | Elected |
| Luiz Jairo Bezerra de Mendonça | PSB | 3,813 | 44.7% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 37.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 3,249 | 37.6% | 4 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 1,896 | 22.0% | 2 |
| Democratas | 770 | 8.9% |  |
| Progressistas | 731 | 8.5% | 1 |
| Partido Social Cristão | 693 | 8.0% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 460 | 5.3% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 322 | 3.7% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 266 | 3.1% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 233 | 2.7% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 8 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Verde | 4 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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