# 2008 Barão de Cotegipe municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Barão de Cotegipe](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 4,766 of 5,193 registered voters (91.8%). −0.87 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Barão de Cotegipe](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vladimir Luiz Farina | PP | 1,923 | 41.9% | Elected |
| Paulo Afonso Follador | PT | 1,454 | 31.7% |  |
| Valter Guiomar Zunkowski | PMDB | 1,210 | 26.4% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Barão de Cotegipe](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 25.9% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1,193 | 26.2% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,181 | 25.9% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 1,122 | 24.6% | 2 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 498 | 10.9% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 432 | 9.5% | 1 |
| Democratas | 101 | 2.2% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 29 | 0.6% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Barão de Cotegipe mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Barão de Cotegipe Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2008-10-05-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/barao-de-cotegipe/2008-10-05-local.json.