# 2008 Butiá mayoral election

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

Sergio Severo Malta won with 40.5% of the vote, 4.7 points ahead of Fernando Ruskowski Lopes.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sergio Severo Malta | PPS | 5,209 | 40.5% | Elected |
| Fernando Ruskowski Lopes | PP | 4,598 | 35.7% |  |
| Gilberto Felix da Silva | PTB | 3,007 | 23.4% |  |
| Luciana Carrero Cardoso | PSOL | 56 | 0.4% |  |

Valid votes: 12,870

Turnout: 85.3% (13,632 of 15,978 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Jefferson Salatiel da Silva Vieira, 58.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Daniel Pereira de Almeida, 55.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Fernando Ruskowski Lopes, 52.5%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Paulo Roberto Felix Machado, 45.3%
- October 5, 2008: Sergio Severo Malta, 40.5%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Sergio Severo Malta, 63.4%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Fernando Ruskowski Lopes, 25.9%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Ademir Garcia Mendes, 50.8%

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

- [Butiá Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/butia/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 Butiá

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

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