# 2008 Capitão municipal election

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

Turnout: 2,173 of 2,228 registered voters (97.5%). −1.4 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jari Hunhoff | PP | 1,155 | 55.5% | Elected |
| Paulo Cesar Scheidt | PMDB | 926 | 44.5% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 35.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 750 | 35.4% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 702 | 33.1% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 668 | 31.5% | 3 |

## Contests

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

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