# 2008 Canela municipal election

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

Turnout: 23,860 of 26,741 registered voters (89.2%). −1.8 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Constantino Orsolin | PMDB | 9,691 | 41.9% | Elected |
| Cleomar Eraldo Port | PP | 8,652 | 37.4% |  |
| José Vellinho Pinto | PDT | 4,766 | 20.6% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 32.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 7,459 | 32.6% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 5,716 | 25.0% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 5,091 | 22.3% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 1,365 | 6.0% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 1,354 | 5.9% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 608 | 2.7% | 1 |
| Democratas | 415 | 1.8% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 350 | 1.5% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 287 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 209 | 0.9% |  |

## Contests

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

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