# 2008 Canguçu mayoral election

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

Cássio Luiz Freitas Mota won with 51.8% of the vote, 26.0 points ahead of Luiz Carlos Valente da Silveira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cássio Luiz Freitas Mota | PP | 18,334 | 51.8% | Elected |
| Luiz Carlos Valente da Silveira | PMDB | 9,131 | 25.8% |  |
| Nilso Pinz | PSDB | 7,925 | 22.4% |  |

Valid votes: 35,390

Turnout: 87.3% (37,629 of 43,111 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Arion Luiz Borges Braga, 53.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Marcus Vinicius Muller Pegoraro, 49.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Marcus Vinicius Muller Pegoraro, 41.8%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Gerson Cardoso Nunes, 42.1%
- October 5, 2008: Cássio Luiz Freitas Mota, 51.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Cássio Luiz Freitas Mota, 36.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Odilon Almeida Mesko, 47.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Odilon Almeida Mesko, 48.8%

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

- [Canguçu Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/cangucu/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 Canguçu

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

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