# 2008 Independência municipal election

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

Turnout: 5,284 of 5,861 registered voters (90.2%). −1.3 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Edécio Graef | PTB | 3,122 | 60.8% | Elected |
| Marcos Vanderlei Martini | PMDB | 2,017 | 39.2% |  |

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

PTB won 6 of the 9 seats, with 59.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 3,056 | 59.2% | 6 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,400 | 27.1% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 400 | 7.7% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 248 | 4.8% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 62 | 1.2% |  |

## Contests

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

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