# 2008 Capão do Leão municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Capão do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 14,926 of 17,399 registered voters (85.8%). −1.1 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Capão do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Serafim Quevedo | PDT | 6,115 | 44.0% | Elected |
| Elmar Nachtigal Manke | PTB | 4,625 | 33.2% |  |
| Edson Ramalho | PSDB | 3,170 | 22.8% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Capão do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PDT won 3 of the 9 seats, with 29.8% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 4,220 | 29.8% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 2,765 | 19.5% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,649 | 18.7% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 1,861 | 13.1% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 1,435 | 10.1% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 431 | 3.0% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 365 | 2.6% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 256 | 1.8% |  |
| Democratas | 172 | 1.2% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Capão do Leão mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Capão do Leão Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/capao-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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