# 2008 Gravataí mayoral election

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

Rita Teresinha Sanco Lima won with 55.6% of the vote, 14.4 points ahead of Jones Alexandre Martins.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rita Teresinha Sanco Lima | PT | 68,553 | 55.6% | Elected |
| Jones Alexandre Martins | PMDB | 50,776 | 41.2% |  |
| Sergio Claury Vieira Sampaio | DEM | 3,993 | 3.2% |  |

Valid votes: 123,322

Turnout: 87.9% (146,032 of 166,083 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Luiz Ariano Zaffalon, 51.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Luiz Ariano Zaffalon, 51.1%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Marco Aurelio Soares Alba, 39.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Marco Aurelio Soares Alba, 54.8%
- October 5, 2008: Rita Teresinha Sanco Lima, 55.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Sérgio Luis Stasinski, 47.2%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Daniel Luiz Bordignon, 62.0%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Daniel Luiz Bordignon, 40.8%

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

- [Gravataí Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/gravatai/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 Gravataí

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

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