# 2008 Rio Grande municipal election

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

Turnout: 119,780 of 139,514 registered voters (85.9%). −1.1 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fábio de Oliveira Branco | PMDB | 60,471 | 53.6% | Elected |
| Dirceu Silva Lopes | PT | 46,274 | 41.0% |  |
| Antônio Libório Philomena | PV | 4,856 | 4.3% |  |
| Rubens Goldenberg | DEM | 977 | 0.9% |  |
| Luiz Carlos Soares Pereira | PSOL | 316 | 0.3% |  |

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

PMDB won 4 of the 13 seats, with 26.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 29,744 | 26.4% | 4 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 21,166 | 18.8% | 3 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 13,874 | 12.3% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 12,690 | 11.3% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 6,797 | 6.0% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 6,604 | 5.9% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 6,300 | 5.6% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 5,483 | 4.9% | 1 |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 3,269 | 2.9% |  |
| Democratas | 2,635 | 2.3% |  |
| Partido Verde | 1,541 | 1.4% |  |
| Partido da República | 1,372 | 1.2% |  |
| Progressistas | 833 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 390 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 32 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 26 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 9 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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