# 2008 Joinville municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Santa Catarina](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc.md) / [Joinville](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/joinville.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 302,148 of 340,483 registered voters (88.7%). −0.99 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Joinville](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/joinville/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/joinville/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carlito Merss | PT | 170,955 | 62.1% | Elected |
| Darci de Matos | DEM | 104,135 | 37.9% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Joinville](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/joinville/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Partido dos Trabalhadores won 4 of the 19 seats, with 18.7% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 52,385 | 18.7% | 4 |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 44,353 | 15.8% | 4 |
| Democratas | 39,368 | 14.0% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 28,630 | 10.2% | 3 |
| Partido Popular Socialista | 24,138 | 8.6% | 2 |
| Progressistas | 22,466 | 8.0% | 1 |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 21,422 | 7.6% | 1 |
| Partido Social Liberal | 17,979 | 6.4% | 1 |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 12,596 | 4.5% |  |
| Partido Verde | 5,590 | 2.0% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 3,794 | 1.4% |  |
| Partido da República | 2,073 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Republicano Progressista | 2,058 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Humanista da Solidariedade | 1,025 | 0.4% |  |
| Partido Social Democrata Cristão | 784 | 0.3% |  |
| Partido Socialismo e Liberdade | 498 | 0.2% |  |
| Partido Comunista do Brasil | 346 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Cristão | 245 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Social Cristão | 229 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | 218 | 0.1% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 115 | <0.1% |  |
| Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro | 13 | <0.1% |  |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

- [2008 Joinville municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sc/joinville/2008-10-26-runoff.md), October 26, 2008

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