1962 Brazilian legislative election

1962 Brazilian legislative election
	409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies; 45 seats in the Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Senate

Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 1962.^[1] Voter turnout was 79.6%.^[2]

Results[]


Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party		2,225,693	18.35	79
	Brazilian Labour Party		1,722,546	14.20	63
	National Democratic Union		1,604,743	13.23	55
	Republican Party		269,155	2.22	6
	Social Progressive Party		124,337	1.02	6
	Social Labour Party		83,421	0.69	2
	Party of Popular Representation		70,435	0.58	1
			71,657	0.59	1
	Christian Democratic Party		54,031	0.45	1
	Liberator Party		26,379	0.22	2
	Coalitions	PTB–PSB	778,457	6.42	193
		PSD–UDN	701,892	5.79
		PDC––UDN	699,211	5.76
		PSD–PSP	654,835	5.40
		–	366,951	3.02
		PL–PRP–PDC–UDN	286,155	2.36
		PSD–PSP–PDC––PSB	294,458	2.43
		PTB–PR–PL	273,972	2.26
		UDN–PDC–	241,194	1.99
		PTB–PR–PRP	236,333	1.95
		PSD–PDC	141,116	1.16
		PSD–UDN–PDC	135,070	1.11
		PSD–PST	119,841	0.99
		PTB–UDN–PSP–PRP	111,371	0.92
		PSD–	102,959	0.85
		–PSB–PST	96,308	0.79
		UDN–PSP–PDC	83,779	0.69
		PTB–PSD	83,516	0.69
		UDN–PST	81,751	0.67
		PSP–––PR––PSB–UDN–PL	83,151	0.69
		UDN–PTB–PST	66,311	0.55
		PSB–PST	61,849	0.51
		PSD–PR	59,259	0.49
	Others		120,047	0.99
Total			12,132,183	100.00	409

Valid votes			12,132,183	82.27
Invalid/blank votes			2,615,038	17.73
Total votes			14,747,221	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			18,528,847	79.59
Source: Nohlen


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Brazilian Labour Party	2,694,308	13.09	12
	Social Democratic Party	2,222,547	10.80	16
	National Democratic Union	2,182,647	10.60	8
	Social Labour Party	642,801	3.12	0
		538,789	2.62	1
		431,284	2.10	2
	Republican Party	408,524	1.98	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party	318,369	1.55	1
	Christian Democratic Party	269,560	1.31	1
	Liberator Party	191,685	0.93	1
	Rural Labour Party	185,909	0.90	0
	Social Progressive Party	157,029	0.76	1
	Coalitions	10,339,539	50.23	–
	Independents	10,339,539	50.23	1
Total		20,582,991	100.00	45

Valid votes		20,582,991	69.84
Invalid/blank votes		8,887,860	30.16
Total votes		29,470,851	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,496,335	159.33
Source: Nohlen

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p174

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v Government of João Goulart
← Government of Ranieri Mazzilli (1961)
Domestic Policies	Military apparatus Plano Trienal
External policy	Relations with United States Operation Brother Sam Lobster War (1961-1963)
Events	Campanha da Legalidade (1961) General elections (1962) Referendum (1963) (1963) Request for a state of exception (1963) Comício da Central (1964) March of the Family with God for Liberty (1964) Sailors' Revolt (1964) Meeting at Automóvel Clube (1964)
1964 coup d'état	1964 vacancy in the Presidency of Brazil
Government of Ranieri Mazzilli→ (1964)