# 2008 Ribeirão Preto mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [São Paulo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp.md) / [Ribeirão Preto](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto.md), October 5, 2008

Darcy da Silva Vera won with 52.0% of the vote, 19.2 points ahead of Welson Gasparini.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Darcy da Silva Vera | DEM | 154,793 | 52.0% | Elected |
| Welson Gasparini | PSDB | 97,832 | 32.9% |  |
| Feres Sabino | PT | 23,839 | 8.0% |  |
| Rafael Antônio da Silva | PDT | 12,916 | 4.3% |  |
| Rubens Chioratto Junior | PSOL | 4,894 | 1.6% |  |
| Mauro da Silva Inacio | PSTU | 1,886 | 0.6% |  |
| Daniel Ribeiro Lobo | PTB | 1,280 | 0.4% |  |

Valid votes: 297,440

Turnout: 84.1% (326,876 of 388,690 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Ricardo Augusto Machado da Silva, 50.1%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Antonio Duarte Nogueira Junior, 63.2%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Antonio Duarte Nogueira Junior, 56.9%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Darcy da Silva Vera, 52.0%
- October 5, 2008: Darcy da Silva Vera, 52.0%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Welson Gasparini, 60.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Antônio Palocci Filho, 56.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luiz Roberto Jabali, 50.3%

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

- [Ribeirão Preto Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/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 Ribeirão Preto

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2008-10-05-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/ribeirao-preto/2008-10-05-local/mayor.json.