# 2008 Barracão municipal election

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

Turnout: 3,809 of 4,058 registered voters (93.9%). −3.4 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aparício Mendes de Figueiredo | PP | 1,987 | 54.2% | Elected |
| Decio Baggio | PMDB | 1,676 | 45.8% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 34.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,277 | 34.6% | 4 |
| Progressistas | 1,265 | 34.3% | 4 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 587 | 15.9% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 223 | 6.0% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 206 | 5.6% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 87 | 2.4% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 47 | 1.3% |  |

## Contests

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

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