# 2008 Candiota municipal election

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

Turnout: 6,225 of 6,973 registered voters (89.3%). +0.44 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luiz Carlos Folador | PT | 3,199 | 53.1% | Elected |
| Gildo Antonio Feijo da Silva | PMDB | 2,829 | 46.9% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 35.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,155 | 35.2% | 4 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1,895 | 31.0% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,347 | 22.0% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 503 | 8.2% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 101 | 1.7% |  |
| Progressistas | 67 | 1.1% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 24 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 20 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 2 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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