# 2008 Porto Alegre municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Porto Alegre](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 869,077 of 1,038,885 registered voters (83.7%). −2.7 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Porto Alegre](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md)

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros | PMDB | 470,696 | 58.9% | Elected |
| Maria do Rosário Nunes | PT | 327,799 | 41.1% |  |

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

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 7 of the 36 seats, with 17.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 133,439 | 17.6% | 7 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 126,792 | 16.7% | 6 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 98,587 | 13.0% | 5 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 91,526 | 12.1% | 5 |
| Progressistas | 56,340 | 7.4% | 4 |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 42,411 | 5.6% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 41,802 | 5.5% | 2 |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 40,730 | 5.4% |  |
| Democratas | 31,439 | 4.2% |  |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 20,401 | 2.7% | 3 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 20,094 | 2.7% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 13,446 | 1.8% | 1 |
| Partido Verde | 10,454 | 1.4% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 9,272 | 1.2% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 7,706 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado | 7,146 | 0.9% |  |
| Partido da República | 2,223 | 0.3% |  |
| Podemos | 1,102 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 726 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido da Mobilização Nacional | 689 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 460 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Comunista Brasileiro | 346 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Social Liberal | 201 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 92 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

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

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