# 2008 São José dos Ausentes municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [São José dos Ausentes](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-dos-ausentes.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 2,809 of 3,046 registered voters (92.2%). +1.1 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of São José dos Ausentes](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-dos-ausentes/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erivelto Sinval Velho | PMDB | 1,463 | 53.4% | Elected |
| Paulo Cesar Pereira Rovaris | PSDB | 1,276 | 46.6% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of São José dos Ausentes](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-dos-ausentes/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PMDB won 5 of the 9 seats, with 52.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,449 | 52.5% | 5 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 591 | 21.4% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 392 | 14.2% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 328 | 11.9% | 1 |

## Contests

- [2008 São José dos Ausentes mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-dos-ausentes/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 São José dos Ausentes Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sao-jose-dos-ausentes/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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