# 2008 Portão municipal election

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

Turnout: 18,665 of 20,874 registered voters (89.4%). −1.7 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eloi Antonio Besson | PMDB | 10,890 | 61.9% | Elected |
| Clerio Von Muhlen | PT | 4,492 | 25.5% |  |
| Irineu Bosco Albertuni | PTB | 1,802 | 10.2% |  |
| Ildo Wagner | PP | 402 | 2.3% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 9 seats, with 37.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 6,602 | 37.5% | 4 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 3,997 | 22.7% | 2 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 3,445 | 19.6% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 2,573 | 14.6% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 408 | 2.3% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 235 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 182 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 158 | 0.9% |  |

## Contests

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

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