Municipal elections were held in

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on October 5 and October 26, 2008. Over 130 million voters chose

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s and

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s for the 5,565

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. Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their

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s. At least six candidates chose the ballot name "

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" and some

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s used ballot names that make reference to their business.

Mayoral elections results

References

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