# 2008 Lavras do Sul mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Lavras do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul.md), October 5, 2008

Paulo Alcides Vidal de Souza won with 46.1% of the vote, 10.9 points ahead of Aristides Saul Teixeira Costa.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Alcides Vidal de Souza | PP | 2,507 | 46.1% | Elected |
| Aristides Saul Teixeira Costa | PDT | 1,914 | 35.2% |  |
| Sávio Johnston Prestes | DEM | 1,015 | 18.7% |  |

Valid votes: 5,436

Turnout: 90.7% (5,644 of 6,222 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Renan Leal Delabary, 64.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Sávio Johnston Prestes, 61.3%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Sávio Johnston Prestes, 52.4%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Alfredo Mauricio Barbosa Borges, 37.1%
- October 5, 2008: Paulo Alcides Vidal de Souza, 46.1%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Paulo Alcides Vidal de Souza, 53.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Aristides Saul Teixeira Costa, 51.4%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Italo Bayard La-rocca Teixeira, 57.3%

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

- [Lavras do Sul Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/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 Lavras do Sul

- 2008 Lavras do Sul mayoral election
- [2008 Lavras do Sul Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/lavras-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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