| Election Name: | 2008 Brazilian municipal elections |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Brazilian municipal elections |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Brazilian municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | October 5, 2008 |
| Seats For Election: | Mayors and councillors of all the 5,568 municipalities of Brazil |
| Leader1: | Ricardo Berzoini |
| Party1: | Workers' Party (Brazil) |
| Last Election1: | 411 mayors |
| Seats1: | 557 |
| Seat Change1: | +146 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,468,094 |
| Leader2: | Michel Temer |
| Party2: | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
| Last Election2: | 1,059 mayors |
| Seats2: | 1,202 |
| Seat Change2: | +143 |
| Popular Vote2: | 18,491,822 |
| Leader3: | Sérgio Guerra |
| Party3: | Brazilian Social Democratic Party |
| Last Election3: | 870 mayors |
| Seats3: | 791 |
| Seat Change3: | –79 |
| Popular Vote3: | 14,537,570 |
Municipal elections were held in Brazil on October 5 and October 26, 2008.[1] Over 130 million voters chose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil.[2]
Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates chose the ballot name "Barack Obama" [3] and some entrepreneurs used ballot names that make reference to their business.[4]
| Municipality | Result | Winner party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aracaju (SE) | Edvaldo Nogueira re-elected | PCdoB | |
| Belford Roxo (RJ) | Alcides Rolim elected | PT | |
| Belo Horizonte (MG) | Run-off between Márcio Lacerda and Leonardo Quintão | PSB and PMDB | |
| Blumenau (SC) | João Paulo Kleinübing re-elected | DEM | |
| Campina Grande (PB) | Run-off between Veneziano and Rômulo Gouveia | PMDB and PSDB | |
| Campinas (SP) | Hélio de Oliveira Santos re-elected | PDT | |
| Campo Grande (MS) | Nelsinho Trad re-elected | PMDB | |
| Campos (RJ) | Rosinha Garotinho elected | PMDB | |
| Caxias do Sul (RS) | José Ivo Sartori re-elected | PMDB | |
| Cuiabá (MT) | Run-off between Wilson Santos and Mauro Mendes | PSDB and PR | |
| Curitiba (PR) | Beto Richa re-elected | PSDB | |
| Duque de Caxias (RJ) | Zito elected | PSDB | |
| Florianópolis (SC) | Run-off between Dário Berger and Esperidião Amin | PMDB and PP | |
| Franca (SP) | Sidnei Rocha re-elected | PSDB | |
| Goiânia (GO) | Íris Resende re-elected | PMDB | |
| Fortaleza (CE) | Luizianne Lins re-elected | PT | |
| Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE) | Elias Gomes elected | PSDB | |
| João Pessoa (PB) | Ricardo Coutinho re-elected | PSB | |
| Joinville (SC) | Run-off between Carlito Merss and Darci de Matos | PT and DEM | |
| Juiz de Fora (MG) | Run-off between Margarida and Custódio Mattos | PT and PSDB | |
| Londrina (PR) | Run-off between Antônio Belinati and Hauly | PP and PSDB | |
| Macapá (AM) | Run-off between Camilo Capiberibe and Roberto Góes | PSB and PDT | |
| Maceió (AL) | Cícero Almeida re-elected | PP | |
| Manaus (AM) | Run-off between Amazonino Mendes and Serafim Correa | PTB and PSB | |
| Maringá (PR) | Sílvio Barros re-elected | PP | |
| Natal (RN) | Micarla de Sousa elected | PV | |
| Niterói (RJ) | Jorge Roberto Silveira elected | PDT | |
| Olinda (PE) | Renildo Calheiros elected | PC do B | |
| Pelotas (RS) | Run-off between Fernando Marroni and Fetter Junior | PT and PP | |
| Petrópolis (RJ) | Run-off between Paulo Mustrangi and Ronaldo Medeiros | PT and PSB | |
| Piracicaba (SP) | Barjas Negri re-elected | PSDB | |
| Ponta Grossa (PR) | Run-off between Wosgrau and Sandro Alex | PSDB and PPS | |
| Porto Alegre (RS) | Run-off between José Fogaça and Maria do Rosário | PMDB and PT | |
| Porto Velho (RO) | Roberto Sobrinho re-elected | PT | |
| Recife (PE) | João da Costa elected | PT | |
| Ribeirão Preto (SP) | Dárcy Vera elected | DEM | |
| Rio Branco (AC) | Raimundo Angelim re-elected | PT | |
| Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | Run-off between Eduardo Paes and Fernando Gabeira | PMDB and PV | |
| Salvador (BA) | Run-off between and Walter Pinheiro | PMDB and PT | |
| São Bernardo do Campo (SP) | Run-off between Luiz Marinho and Orlando Morando | PT and PSDB | |
| São Gonçalo (RJ) | Aparecida Panisset re-elected | PDT | |
| São José (SC) | Djalma Berger elected | PSB | |
| São Luís (MA) | Run-off between João Castelo and Flávio Dino | PSDB and PC do B | |
| São Paulo (SP) | Run-off between Gilberto Kassab and Marta Suplicy | DEM and PT | |
| Teresina (PI) | Sílvio Mendes re-elected | PSDB | |
| Uberaba (MG) | Anderson Adauto re-elected | PMDB | |
| Uberlândia (MG) | Odelmo Leão re-elected | PP | |
| Vitória (ES) | João Coser re-elected | PT | |
| Volta Redonda (RJ) | Antônio Francisco Neto elected | PMDB |