# 2008 Rio dos Índios municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Rio dos Índios](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/rio-dos-indios.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 3,004 of 3,080 registered voters (97.5%). +0.43 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Rio dos Índios](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/rio-dos-indios/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valdemar Veloso Batista | PDT | 1,493 | 51.6% | Elected |
| Jorge Luiz Zanovello | PP | 1,400 | 48.4% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Rio dos Índios](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/rio-dos-indios/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 37.3% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 1,088 | 37.3% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 997 | 34.2% | 3 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 653 | 22.4% | 2 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 178 | 6.1% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Rio dos Índios mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/rio-dos-indios/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Rio dos Índios Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/rio-dos-indios/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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