# 2008 Barão municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,053 of 4,336 registered voters (93.5%). −1.0 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cláudio Ferrari | PT | 2,391 | 61.6% | Elected |
| Valerio Jose Calliari | PSDB | 1,488 | 38.4% |  |

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

Progressistas won 3 of the 9 seats, with 26.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 1,054 | 26.6% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 875 | 22.1% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 845 | 21.3% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 478 | 12.1% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 442 | 11.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 272 | 6.9% | 1 |

## Contests

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

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