# 2008 Porto Alegre mayoral election

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José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros led with 43.9% of the vote, 21.1 points ahead of Maria do Rosário Nunes.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 5, 2008

- José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 43.9% (Advanced)
- Maria do Rosário Nunes, 22.7% (Advanced)
- Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila, 15.3%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md), October 26, 2008

- José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 58.9% (Elected)
- Maria do Rosário Nunes, 41.1%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros | PMDB | 346,427 | 43.9% | Advanced |
| Maria do Rosário Nunes | PT | 179,587 | 22.7% | Advanced |
| Manuela Pinto Vieira D. Avila | PCdoB | 121,232 | 15.3% |  |
| Luciana Krebs Genro | PSOL | 72,863 | 9.2% |  |
| Onyx Dornelles Lorenzoni | DEM | 38,803 | 4.9% |  |
| Nelson Marchezan Júnior | PSDB | 22,365 | 2.8% |  |
| Vera Justina Guasso | PSTU | 6,174 | 0.8% |  |
| Carlos Antonio Gomes | PHS | 2,548 | 0.3% |  |

Valid votes: 789,999

Turnout: 83.7% (869,077 of 1,038,885 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 61.5%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 60.5%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Jose Alberto Reus Fortunati, 65.2%
- October 5, 2008: José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 58.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 53.3%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Tarso Fernando Herz Genro, 63.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Raul Jorge Anglada Pont, 54.9%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 5, 2008

- [Porto Alegre Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2008-10-05-local.md) (11,123)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2008](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2008), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Porto Alegre

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

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