# 2008 Porto Alegre mayoral election, second round

[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 26, 2008

José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros won with 58.9% of the vote, 17.9 points ahead of Maria do Rosário Nunes.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md), 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, 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 | 470,696 | 58.9% | Elected |
| Maria do Rosário Nunes | PT | 327,799 | 41.1% |  |

Valid votes: 798,495

Turnout: 82.2% (854,138 of 1,038,885 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 27, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2024-10-27-runoff/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 61.5%
- [November 29, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.md): Sebastião de Araujo Melo, 54.6%
- [October 30, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.md): Nelson Marchezan Júnior, 60.5%
- October 26, 2008: José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 58.9%
- [October 31, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2004-10-31-runoff/mayor.md): José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros, 53.3%
- [October 29, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2000-10-29-runoff/mayor.md): Tarso Fernando Herz Genro, 63.5%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 26, 2008

- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2008-10-05-local.md) (29)

## Sources

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/porto-alegre/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.json.