# 2008 Santa Margarida do Sul municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Santa Margarida do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 2,053 of 2,091 registered voters (98.2%). +1.4 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Santa Margarida do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claudia Mara Goulart Brasil | PDT | 1,066 | 53.6% | Elected |
| Zelso Prates de Andrade | PTB | 922 | 46.4% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Santa Margarida do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PDT won 3 of the 9 seats, with 30.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 607 | 30.1% | 3 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 485 | 24.0% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 343 | 17.0% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 237 | 11.7% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 212 | 10.5% |  |
| Democratas | 135 | 6.7% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Santa Margarida do Sul mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Santa Margarida do Sul Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2008-10-05-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2008-10-05-local.json.