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2004 Porto Alegre municipal election

3 October 2004 (2004-10-03) (first round) 31 October 2004 (2004-10-31) (second round)
Turnout	86.37% (first round) 83.77% (second round)
Mayoral election
Candidate José Fogaça Raul Pont Party PPS PT Alliance PPS-PTB Popular Front Running mate Eliseu Santos Maria do Rosário Popular vote 431,820 378,099 Percentage 53.32% 46.68%
Mayor before election João Verle PT Elected mayor José Fogaça PPS
Parliamentary election
All 36 seats in the Municipal Chamber 19 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/– PT 8 −2 PDT 6 +1 MDB 4 +1 PTB 4 −2 PP 3 −1 PPS 2 +2 PCdoB 2 +1 PSDB 2 +1 PFL 2 0 PL 1 +1 PSL 1 +1 PSB 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2004 Porto Alegre municipal election was held on 3 October 2004 to elect the mayor, the vice mayor, and 36 members of the Municipal Chamber. The election was won by former senator José Fogaça, who received 53.3% of the votes in the second round of voting, held on 31 October, over former mayor Raul Pont. Pont was more than 9% ahead of Fogaça in the first round.

This election ended the 16-year period of administration of the municipality by Workers' Party members, which began by the inauguration of Olívio Dutra in 1989.

Mayoral election

Candidates

No.		Candidate		Running mate		Coalition
	11		Jair Soares (PP)		Edison Souza (PV)	The Union That Does Good Progressive Party (PP) Green Party (PV)
	12		Vieira da Cunha (PDT)		Lícia Peres	Porto Mais Alegre Democratic Labour Party (PDT) Party of the Nation's Retirees (PAN)
	13		Raul Pont (PT)		Maria do Rosário	Popular Front List Workers' Party (PT) Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) Liberal Party (PL) National Labour Party (PTN) National Mobilization Party (PMN) Social Liberal Party (PSL)
	15		Mendes Ribeiro Filho (PMDB)		Valter Nagelstein	To Truly Change List Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB) Christian Social Democratic Party (PSDC) Humanist Party of Solidarity (PHS) Party of Reconstruction of the National Order (PRONA)
	16		Vera Guasso (PSTU)		Carlos de Almeida	No coalition
	23		José Fogaça (PPS)		Eliseu Santos (PTB)	Popular Socialist Party (PPS) Brazilian Labour Party (PTB)
	25		Onyx Lorenzoni (PFL)		Paulo Brum (PSDB)	Party of the Liberal Front (PFL) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)
	29		Guilherme Giordano (PCO)		Walter Franco	No coalition
	40		Beto Albuquerque (PSB)		Ciro Machado (PSC)	Porto Alegre With a New Look Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) Social Christian Party (PSC)

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Fogaça	PPS	229,113	28.34	431,820	53.32
	Raul Pont	PT	304,135	37.62	378,099	46.68
	Onyx Lorenzoni	PFL	80,633	9.97
	Vieira da Cunha	PDT	78,919	9.76
	Mendes Ribeiro Filho	PMDB	47,621	5.89
	Jair Soares	PP	35,501	4.39
	Beto Albuquerque	PSB	24,588	3.04
	Vera Guasso	PSTU	6,603	0.82
	Guilherme Giordano	PCO	1,309	0.16
Total			808,422	100.00	809,919	100.00
Valid votes			808,422	93.05	809,919	96.10
Invalid votes			29,775	3.43	19,055	2.26
Blank votes			30,638	3.53	13,782	1.64
Total votes			868,835	100.00	842,756	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,005,998	86.37	1,005,998	83.77
Source: TRE-RS

Municipal Chamber election

Results

Party or alliance
	Popular Front		Workers' Party
		Total