# 2008 Tavares municipal election

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

Turnout: 4,101 of 4,365 registered voters (94.0%). −1.7 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flavio Jose Rodrigues de Souza | PMDB | 1,525 | 38.4% | Elected |
| Vera Lucia Cristino | DEM | 1,294 | 32.6% |  |
| Claudio Luiz Paiva Moraes | PDT | 1,150 | 29.0% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 37.9% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1,526 | 37.9% | 3 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 610 | 15.2% | 1 |
| Democratas | 602 | 15.0% | 1 |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 441 | 11.0% | 1 |
| Progressistas | 414 | 10.3% | 2 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 232 | 5.8% |  |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 198 | 4.9% | 1 |

## Contests

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

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