# 2008 Forquetinha Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Forquetinha](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha.md), October 5, 2008 Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 42.4% of the vote. Seats: PP 4, PMDB 3, PTB 1, and PSDB 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Progressistas | 1,054 | 42.4% | 4 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 766 | 30.8% | 3 | Elected | | Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 406 | 16.3% | 1 | Won | | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 193 | 7.8% | 1 | Elected | | Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 69 | 2.8% | | | Valid votes: 2,488 Turnout: 95.9% (2,518 of 2,627 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Forquetinha para Todos 1,247 votes, 5 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Henrique Frederico Kruger | PP | 137 | Elected | | Sérgio Décio Quinot | PP | 125 | Elected | | Ines Feil | PP | 120 | Elected | | Dorval Eckhardt | PP | 101 | Elected | | Gerson Drebes | PSDB | 101 | Elected | | Ledi Rejane Storck Baum | PP | 98 | | | Sergio Paulo Dietrich | PP | 88 | | | Ademir Paulo Becker | PP | 73 | | | Valdori Sauter | PP | 73 | | | Ido Hübner | PP | 61 | | | Dauri Dalton Schmitt | PSDB | 56 | | | Claudiomar Scheibe | PP | 43 | | | Marta Maristela Strassburger | PSDB | 32 | | | Vera Lucia Locatelli | PP | 32 | | | Aleixo Lauro Gisch | PP | 29 | | | Osvaldo Bald | PP | 23 | | ### Pmdb - Pdt 835 votes, 3 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rene Luis Becker | PMDB | 151 | Elected | | Gilmar Miguel Trojaike | PMDB | 124 | Elected | | Paulo Ademar Lenhart | PMDB | 115 | Elected | | Decio Bergmann | PMDB | 114 | | | Elisete Schonhorst Weirich | PMDB | 81 | | | Isabel Cristina Kruger | PMDB | 63 | | | Mércio Ireno Ludwig | PMDB | 51 | | | Cristina Maria Martins | PDT | 36 | | | Fábio Bauer | PMDB | 28 | | | Idalicio Jose Schossler | PDT | 19 | | ### Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro 406 votes, 1 seat | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Aldinha Bergmann Schmitz | PTB | 161 | Elected | | Marcelo Henrique Schmitz | PTB | 103 | | | Adelar Paulo Schmitz | PTB | 57 | | | Adelsinho Inacio Welzbacher | PTB | 35 | | | Decio Wassen | PTB | 23 | | | Marco Antonio Bald | PTB | 18 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Partido Liberal, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Liberal, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro - [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas - October 5, 2008: list, list, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Progressistas - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Progressista Brasileiro, list, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 5, 2008 - [Forquetinha mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2008-10-05-local/mayor.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 Forquetinha - [2008 Forquetinha mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md) - 2008 Forquetinha Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/forquetinha/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.json.