# 2008 Santa Margarida do Sul mayoral 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

Claudia Mara Goulart Brasil won with 53.6% of the vote, 7.2 points ahead of Zelso Prates de Andrade.

| 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% |  |

Valid votes: 1,988

Turnout: 98.2% (2,053 of 2,091 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Luiz Felipe Brenner Machado, 62.3%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Olmiro Ricardo Saldnha Teixeira, 75.2%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Luiz Felipe Brenner Machado, 55.2%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Luiz Felipe Brenner Machado, 76.5%
- October 5, 2008: Claudia Mara Goulart Brasil, 53.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Claudia Mara Goulart Brasil, 54.7%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Orestes da Silva Goulart, 48.1%

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

- [Santa Margarida do Sul Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/santa-margarida-do-sul/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 Santa Margarida do Sul

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

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