# 2008 Tapera mayoral election

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

Ireneu Orth won with 50.9% of the vote, 1.7 points ahead of Jorge Gregório Paulus.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ireneu Orth | PP | 3,405 | 50.9% | Elected |
| Jorge Gregório Paulus | PT | 3,290 | 49.1% |  |

Valid votes: 6,695

Turnout: 88.4% (7,077 of 8,005 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Osvaldo Henrich Filho, 52.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Volmar Helmut Kuhn, 58.5%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Volmar Helmut Kuhn, 54.6%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Ireneu Orth, 52.4%
- October 5, 2008: Ireneu Orth, 50.9%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Nestor Arnemann, 42.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): José Nelson Balensiefer, 67.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luiz Antonio Brunori, 55.4%

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

- [Tapera Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapera/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 Tapera

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

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