# 2008 Sertão municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,797 of 4,936 registered voters (97.2%). +4.6 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Sertão](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/sertao/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aldemir Sachet | PP | 2,561 | 55.4% | Elected |
| Carlos Antonio Bernieri | PSB | 2,063 | 44.6% |  |

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

Progressistas won 4 of the 9 seats, with 48.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressistas | 2,277 | 48.5% | 4 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 791 | 16.9% | 2 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 659 | 14.0% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 407 | 8.7% | 1 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 303 | 6.5% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 169 | 3.6% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 84 | 1.8% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 2 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

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