# 2008 Torres municipal election

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

Turnout: 20,832 of 24,445 registered voters (85.2%). −1.4 points since 2004.

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| João Alberto Machado Cardoso | PMDB | 7,791 | 39.7% | Elected |
| Rubens Valerio de Rose | PP | 6,691 | 34.1% |  |
| Nilvia Pinto Pereira | PT | 5,162 | 26.3% |  |

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

PMDB won 3 of the 9 seats, with 29.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 5,803 | 29.2% | 3 |
| Progressistas | 4,049 | 20.4% | 3 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 2,522 | 12.7% | 1 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 2,376 | 11.9% | 1 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 1,594 | 8.0% |  |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 1,526 | 7.7% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 836 | 4.2% | 1 |
| Democratas | 594 | 3.0% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 264 | 1.3% |  |
| Partido Verde | 191 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 138 | 0.7% |  |

## Contests

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

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