# 2008 Arroio Grande mayoral election

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

Jorge Luiz Cardozo won with 56.7% of the vote, 20.3 points ahead of José Guilherme Machado Muller.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jorge Luiz Cardozo | PDT | 7,436 | 56.7% | Elected |
| José Guilherme Machado Muller | PP | 4,771 | 36.4% |  |
| Mario Eglã Modernel Pio | PMDB | 912 | 7.0% |  |

Valid votes: 13,119

Turnout: 87.2% (13,568 of 15,558 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Plínio Vizeu Pereira Neto, 51.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Ivan Antonio Guevara Lopez, 45.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Luis Henrique Pereira da Silva, 45.1%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Luis Henrique Pereira da Silva, 53.1%
- October 5, 2008: Jorge Luiz Cardozo, 56.7%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Jorge Luiz Cardozo, 52.5%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): João Carlos Furtado, 50.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Erminio Braga Lucena, 49.9%

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

- [Arroio Grande Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/arroio-grande/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 Arroio Grande

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

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