# 2008 Paraíso do Tocantins mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to.md) / [Paraíso do Tocantins](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins.md), October 5, 2008

Sebastião Paulo Tavares won with 40.2% of the vote, 13.1 points ahead of José Geraldo de Melo Oliveira.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastião Paulo Tavares | PR | 9,312 | 40.2% | Elected |
| José Geraldo de Melo Oliveira | PTB | 6,276 | 27.1% |  |
| Arnaud de Souza Bezerra | PMDB | 6,157 | 26.6% |  |
| Hider Alencar | PSB | 1,397 | 6.0% |  |

Valid votes: 23,142

Turnout: 85.0% (24,186 of 28,442 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Celso Soares Rêgo Morais, 80.6%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Celso Soares Rêgo Morais, 72.1%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Moisés Nogueira Avelino, 49.0%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Moisés Nogueira Avelino, 29.3%
- October 5, 2008: Sebastião Paulo Tavares, 40.2%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Arnaud de Souza Bezerra, 60.7%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Hider Alencar, 36.7%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Virginia Constancia Pugliesi Avelino, 61.0%

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

- [Paraíso do Tocantins Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/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 Paraíso do Tocantins

- 2008 Paraíso do Tocantins mayoral election
- [2008 Paraíso do Tocantins Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/to/paraiso-do-tocantins/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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