# 2008 Harmonia Municipal Chamber election [Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Harmonia](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia.md), October 5, 2008 Progressistas won 3 of the 9 seats, with 29.5% of the vote. Seats: PP 3, PSDB 2, DEM 2, PTB 1, and PMDB 1. | Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Progressistas | 976 | 29.5% | 3 | Elected | | Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 674 | 20.3% | 1 | Elected | | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 599 | 18.1% | 2 | Elected | | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 514 | 15.5% | 1 | Elected | | Democratas | 380 | 11.5% | 2 | Elected | | Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 171 | 5.2% | | | Valid votes: 3,314 Turnout: 96.2% (3,395 of 3,529 registered) ## Candidates by list 9 seats filled from open party lists, with each list's candidates ranked by personal votes ### Desenvolvimento e União, Harmonia no Coração 2,041 votes, 6 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nicolau Selvino Rambo | PP | 285 | Elected | | Joel Andre Kleinschmitt | PP | 203 | Elected | | Jorge Marcos Hartmann | PP | 176 | Elected | | Rui Birnfeld | DEM | 142 | Elected | | Roque Liro Steffens | PMDB | 138 | Elected | | Tiago Andre Metz | DEM | 132 | Elected | | Nelson Leal de Lima | PMDB | 121 | | | Veranice Berwanger | PDT | 108 | | | Romy Isabel Calsing | PMDB | 106 | | | Alcido Schoffen | DEM | 97 | | | Maria Salete Hans Scherer | PP | 85 | | | Lauro Teixeira de Mello | PP | 80 | | | Guido José Scherer | PP | 57 | | | Maria Terezinha Heinzmann Mendel | PDT | 57 | | | Jose Osvino Weyh | PMDB | 55 | | | Lécio Christ | PMDB | 40 | | | Verônica Cecília Hoffmann | PMDB | 22 | | | Vera Maria Klein | PMDB | 21 | | ### Trabalhando por Um Futuro Melhor 1,273 votes, 3 seats | Candidate | Party | Votes | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ernani José Forneck | PTB | 293 | Elected | | Lidio José Spohr | PSDB | 171 | Elected | | Leozildo Rodrigues Lira | PSDB | 162 | Elected | | Leandro Augusto Hilgert | PTB | 143 | | | Adriano Lauermann | PTB | 91 | | | Milton Raimundo Fink | PTB | 71 | | | Paulo Luiz Mossmann | PTB | 60 | | | Gustavo Luiz Zanuz | PSDB | 59 | | | Ivanir Weber | PSDB | 42 | | | Paulo Roberto Bender | PSDB | 40 | | | Paulo André Schaedler | PSDB | 27 | | | Roseli Machado Batista | PSDB | 25 | | | Pedro Leonardo Steffens | PSDB | 21 | | ## This race in other years - [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2024-10-06-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, União Brasil, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, União Brasil, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, União Brasil, União Brasil - [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2016-10-02-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Social Democrático, Progressistas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Democratas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido Socialista Brasileiro - [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Progressistas, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Democratas, Progressistas - October 5, 2008: list, list, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Progressistas, Progressistas, Progressistas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Democratas, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Democratas - [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, list, Democratas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Democratas, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, Democratas, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Democrático Trabalhista - [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2000-10-01-local/municipal-chamber.md): list, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas, Partido Progressista Brasileiro - [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/1996-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md): Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Democratas, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Partido Progressista Brasileiro, Democratas, Democratas ## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 5, 2008 - [Harmonia mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/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 Harmonia - [2008 Harmonia mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md) - 2008 Harmonia Municipal Chamber election Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/harmonia/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.json.