# 2008 Itu mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [São Paulo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp.md) / [Itu](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu.md), October 5, 2008

Herculano Castilho Passos Junior won with 85.2% of the vote, 77.1 points ahead of Balbina de Oliveira de Paula Santos.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Herculano Castilho Passos Junior | PV | 62,902 | 85.2% | Elected |
| Balbina de Oliveira de Paula Santos | PSC | 5,973 | 8.1% |  |
| Renato Aparecido Benedetti | PSOL | 3,347 | 4.5% |  |
| Ocimar Scopel | PMDB | 1,603 | 2.2% |  |

Valid votes: 73,825

Turnout: 84.4% (90,380 of 107,055 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Herculano Castilho Passos Junior, 33.7%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Guilherme dos Reis Gazzola, 42.3%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Guilherme dos Reis Gazzola, 28.0%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Antonio Luiz Carvalho Gomes, 40.8%
- October 5, 2008: Herculano Castilho Passos Junior, 85.2%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Herculano Castilho Passos Junior, 45.0%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Lázaro José Piunti, 46.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Leonel Salvador, 50.0%

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

- [Itu Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/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 Itu

- 2008 Itu mayoral election
- [2008 Itu Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/itu/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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