# 2008 São Paulo mayoral election

The 2008 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo, with the first round taking place on 5 October and the second round taking place on 26 October 2008. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor, and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city. The result was a 2nd round victory for incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab of the Democrats (DEM), who had previously assumed office after the resignation of José Serra, who went to run for governor in the 2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election., winning 3,790,558 votes and a share of 60,72% of the popular vote, defeating Marta Suplicy, of the Worker's Party (PT), who took 2,452,527 votes and a share of 39,28% of the popular vote.

## Candidates
### Candidates in runoff

| # | # | Party/coalition | Mayoral candidate | Mayoral candidate | Political office(s) | Vice-Mayoral candidate |
| | 13 | "A New Attitude for São Paulo" PT, PRB, PTN, PCdoB, PSB, PDT | | Marta Suplicy (PT) | Minister of Tourism 2007–08; Mayor of São Paulo 2001–05; Federal Deputy from São Paulo 1995–99 | Aldo Rebelo (PCdoB) |
| | 25 | "São Paulo in the Right Way" DEM, PMDB, PR, PV, PSC, PRP | | Gilberto Kassab (DEM) | Mayor of São Paulo since 2006; Vice Mayor of São Paulo 2005–06; Federal Deputy from São Paulo 1999–2005; State Deputy of São Paulo 1995–99; City Councillor of São Paulo 1993–95 | Alda Marco Antônio (PMDB) |

### Candidates failing to make runoff

| # | Party/coalition | Mayoral candidate | Political office(s) | Vice-Mayoral candidate |
| 11 | Progressive Party (PP) | Paulo Maluf (PP) | Federal Deputy from São Paulo 2007–18, 1983–87; Mayor of São Paulo 1993–97, 1969–71; Governor of São Paulo 1979–82; President of the Federal Savings Bank 1967–69 | Aline Corrêa (PP) |
| 21 | Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) | Edmilson Costa (PCB) | | Fernanda Mendes (PCB) |
| 23 | Popular Socialist Party (PPS) | Soninha Francine (PPS) | City Councillor of São Paulo 2005–06 | João Batista de Andrade (PPS) |
| 27 | Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB) | Levy Fidelix (PRTB) | PRTB National President since 1994 | Marcelo Ayres Duarte (PRTB) |
| 29 | Workers' Cause Party (PCO) | Anaí Caproni (PCO) | | Roberto Gerbi (PCO) |
| 33 | Party of National Mobilization (PMN) | Renato Reichmann (PMN) | | Lucas Albano (PMN) |
| 36 | "Penny Against the Million" PTC, PTdoB | Ciro Moura (PTC) | | Antônio Rodrigues Júnior (PTdoB) |
| 45 | "São Paulo in the Best Direction" PSDB, PTB, PSL, PSDC, PHS | Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) | Governor of São Paulo 2001–06; Vice Governor of São Paulo 1995–2001; Federal Deputy from São Paulo 1987–94; State Deputy of São Paulo 1983–87; Mayor of Pindamonhangaba 1977–82; City Councillor of Pindamonhangaba 1973–77 | Campos Machado (PTB) |
| 50 | "Left-Wing Alternatives for São Paulo" PSOL, PSTU | Ivan Valente (PSOL) | Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 1995; State Deputy of São Paulo 1987–95 | Carlos Giannazi (PSOL) |

## Results
### Mayor

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Gilberto Kassab (incumbent) | Alda Marco Antônio (PMDB) | DEM | 2,140,423 | 33.61 | 3,790,559 | 60.72 |
| | Marta Suplicy | Aldo Rebelo (PCdoB) | PT | 2,088,329 | 32.79 | 2,452,527 | 39.28 |
| | Geraldo Alckmin | Campos Machado (PTB) | PSDB | 1,431,670 | 22.48 | | |
| | Paulo Maluf | Aline Corrêa | PP | 376,734 | 5.91 | | |
| | Soninha Francine | João Batista de Andrade | PPS | 266,978 | 4.19 | | |
| | Ivan Valente | Carlos Giannazi | PSOL | 42,616 | 0.67 | | |
| | Renato Reichmann | Lucas Albano | PMN | 7,234 | 0.11 | | |
| | Levy Fidelix | Marcelo Ayres Duarte | PRTB | 5,518 | 0.09 | | |
| | Edmilson Costa | Fernanda Mendes | PCB | 4,300 | 0.07 | | |
| | Ciro Moura | Antônio Rodrigues Júnior (PTdoB) | PTC | 3,825 | 0.06 | | |
| | Anaí Caproni | Roberto Gerbi | PCO | 1,656 | 0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6,369,283 | 100.00 | 6,243,086 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,369,283 | 92.08 | 6,243,086 | 92.35 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 316,744 | 4.58 | 339,962 | 5.03 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 230,717 | 3.34 | 176,880 | 2.62 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,916,744 | 100.00 | 6,759,928 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 8,198,282 | 84.37 | 8,198,282 | 82.46 |
Popular vote (first round)
Kassab
33.61%
Suplicy
32.79%
Alckmin
22.48%
Maluf
5.91%
Francine
4.19%
Others
1.03% :
Popular vote (second round)
Kassab
60.72%
Suplicy
39.28% :

### City Councillors

| Candidate | Party | Voting | Voting |
| Candidate | Party | Total | Percentage |
| Gabriel Chalita | PSDB | 102,048 | 1.70% |
| Goulart | PMDB | 90,054 | 1.50% |
| Netinho de Paula | PCdoB | 84,406 | 1.41% |
| Milton Leite | DEM | 80,051 | 1.33% |
| Mara Gabrili | PSDB | 79,912 | 1.33% |
| Senival | PT | 66,139 | 1.10% |
| Arselino Tatto | PT | 59,292 | 0.99% |
| José Police Neto | PSDB | 54,726 | 0.91% |
| Aurélio Miguel | PR | 50,804 | 0.85% |
| Carlos Alberto Bezerra Jr. | PSDB | 50,536 | 0.84% |
| Antônio Donato | PT | 50,388 | 0.84% |
| Celso Jatene | PTB | 49,777 | 0.83% |
| Roberto Tripoli | PV | 45,570 | 0.76% |
| Antônio Carlos Rodrigues | PR | 43,601 | 0.73% |
| Adilson Amadeu | PTB | 41,686 | 0.69% |
| Marcelo Aguiar | PSC | 41,506 | 0.69% |
| Jooji Hato | PMDB | 40,847 | 0.68% |
| Marta Costa | DEM | 39,192 | 0.65% |
| Marco Aurélio Cunha | DEM | 38,421 | 0.64% |
| Francisco Chagas | PT | 37,878 | 0.63% |
| Domingos Dissei | DEM | 37,739 | 0.63% |
| Paulo Frange | PTB | 36,881 | 0.61% |
| Toninho Paiva | PR | 35,535 | 0.59% |
| Adolfo Quintas | PSDB | 34,209 | 0.57% |
| João Antônio | PT | 33,899 | 0.56% |
| Alfredinho | PT | 33,417 | 0.56% |
| Juscelino | PSDB | 32,484 | 0.54% |
| Gilson Barreto | PSDB | 32,079 | 0.53% |
| Floriano Pesaro | PSDB | 31,733 | 0.53% |
| Eliseu Gabriel | PSB | 31,602 | 0.53% |
| Souza Santos | PSDB | 31,352 | 0.52% |
| Cláudio Prado | PDT | 31,014 | 0.52% |
| Noemi Nonato | PSB | 30,734 | 0.51% |
| Juliana Cardoso | PT | 30,607 | 0.51% |
| Ítalo Cardoso | PT | 30,541 | 0.51% |
| José Américo | PT | 30,027 | 0.50% |
| Kamia | DEM | 29,915 | 0.50% |
| Wadih Mutran | PP | 29,039 | 0.48% |
| Missionary José Olimpio | PP | 28,921 | 0.48% |
| Jamil Murad | PCdoB | 28,145 | 0.47% |
| Zelão | PT | 28,085 | 0.47% |
| Ricardo Teixeira | PSDB | 27,248 | 0.45% |
| Chico Macena | PT | 26,513 | 0.44% |
| Agnaldo Timóteo | PR | 26,180 | 0.44% |
| José Luiz Penna | PV | 25,820 | 0.43% |
| Atílio Francisco | PRB | 25,684 | 0.43% |
| Carlos Apolinário | DEM | 25,609 | 0.43% |
| Sandra Tadeu | DEM | 25,173 | 0.42% |
| Dalton Silvano | PSDB | 24,084 | 0.40% |
| Gilberto Natalini | DEM | 23,872 | 0.40% |
| Marcos Cintra | PR | 22,881 | 0.38% |
| Abou Anni | PV | 22,615 | 0.38 |
| Cláudio Fonseca | PPS | 21,038 | 0.35% |
| Milton Ferreira | PPS | 14,874 | 0.25% |