# 2008 Pelotas municipal election

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

Turnout: 204,833 of 243,216 registered voters (84.2%). −2.1 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Pelotas](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adolfo Antonio Fetter Junior | PP | 109,011 | 56.7% | Elected |
| Fernando Stephan Marroni | PT | 83,193 | 43.3% |  |

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

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 4 of the 15 seats, with 19.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 37,351 | 19.6% | 4 |
| Progressistas | 28,811 | 15.1% | 2 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 21,346 | 11.2% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 16,689 | 8.7% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 14,859 | 7.8% | 1 |
| Democratas | 13,865 | 7.3% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 13,105 | 6.9% | 2 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 11,218 | 5.9% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 9,461 | 5.0% | 1 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 7,909 | 4.1% |  |
| Partido Verde | 6,535 | 3.4% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 4,372 | 2.3% | 1 |
| Partido da República | 2,351 | 1.2% |  |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 1,939 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 583 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 436 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 44 | <0.1% |  |
| Podemos | 27 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 22 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 9 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

- [2008 Pelotas municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/pelotas/2008-10-26-runoff.md), October 26, 2008

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