# 2008 Machadinho municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,045 of 4,122 registered voters (98.1%). −0.20 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Algacir Vital Polo | PMDB | 1,952 | 51.0% | Elected |
| Silvino Luiz Menon | PSB | 1,877 | 49.0% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 41.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,631 | 41.6% | 4 |
| Progressistas | 1,273 | 32.5% | 3 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 407 | 10.4% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 308 | 7.9% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 302 | 7.7% | 1 |

## Contests

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

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