# 2008 Minas do Leão municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Minas do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 5,698 of 6,118 registered voters (93.1%). −3.0 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Minas do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Miguel de Souza Almeida | PP | 4,404 | 81.3% | Elected |
| José Carlos de Souza Freitas | PT | 1,014 | 18.7% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Minas do Leão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 39.8% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 2,214 | 39.8% | 4 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,334 | 24.0% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 991 | 17.8% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 548 | 9.8% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 279 | 5.0% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 160 | 2.9% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 41 | 0.7% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Minas do Leão mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Minas do Leão Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/minas-do-leao/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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