# 2008 Arroio do Meio municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Arroio do Meio](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 13,407 of 14,763 registered voters (90.8%). −2.0 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Arroio do Meio](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sidnei Eckert | PMDB | 7,735 | 60.9% | Elected |
| Nelson Paulo Backes | PDT | 4,968 | 39.1% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Arroio do Meio](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 30.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 3,893 | 30.1% | 4 |
| Progressistas | 3,873 | 30.0% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 3,185 | 24.7% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1,000 | 7.7% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 966 | 7.5% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Arroio do Meio mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Arroio do Meio Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2008-10-05-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-do-meio/2008-10-05-local.json.