1966 Brazilian parliamentary election

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1966 Brazilian parliamentary election
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  1962 15 November 1966 1970  

409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
23 seats in the Senate
PartyLeader%Seats
Chamber of Deputies
ARENA Artur da Costa e Silva 63.98277
MDB 36.02132
Senate
ARENA Artur da Costa e Silva 56.6319
MDB 43.374

Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1966. [1] They were the first elections held after a military coup in 1964. In 1965 the military government of President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco dissolved all existing parties, and enacted a new electoral law that effectively limited the number of parties to two — the pro-government National Renewal Alliance (ARENA) and the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement.

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ARENA won a landslide victory, taking 277 of the 409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 19 of the 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 77.2% in the Chamber of Deputies election and 77.3% in the Senate election. [2]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, 1966 election.svg
PartyVotes%Seats
National Renewal Alliance 8,731,63863.98277
Brazilian Democratic Movement 4,915,47036.02132
Total13,647,108100.00409
Valid votes13,647,10878.95
Invalid/blank votes3,638,44821.05
Total votes17,285,556100.00
Registered voters/turnout22,387,25177.21
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
National Renewal Alliance 7,719,38256.6319
Brazilian Democratic Movement 5,911,36143.374
Total13,630,743100.0023
Valid votes13,630,74378.97
Invalid/blank votes3,628,85521.03
Total votes17,259,598100.00
Registered voters/turnout22,335,24277.28
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, pp194-211