# 2008 Caraá municipal election

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

Turnout: 5,706 of 6,098 registered voters (93.6%). −4.0 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nei Pereira dos Santos | PMDB | 3,102 | 55.8% | Elected |
| Silvio Miguel Fofonka | PP | 2,454 | 44.2% |  |

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

PMDB won 5 of the 9 seats, with 50.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,825 | 50.7% | 5 |
| Progressistas | 1,399 | 25.1% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 561 | 10.1% |  |
| Democratas | 393 | 7.0% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 267 | 4.8% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 131 | 2.3% |  |

## Contests

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

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