Brazilian general election, 1994

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Brazilian general election, 1994
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  1989 3 October 1994 1998  

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Candidate Fernando Henrique Cardoso Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Enéas Carneiro
Party PSDB PT PRONA
Home state São Paulo São PauloSão Paulo
Running mate Marco Maciel Aloizio Mercadante Roberto Gama
States carried25 + DF 10
Popular vote34,362,72617,116,5794,671,474
Percentage54.3%27.0%7.4%

1994 Brazilian presidential election map (Round 1).svg
Presidential election results map after voting:
Blue denotes states won by Cardoso
Red denotes states won by Lula

President before election

Itamar Franco
PMDB

Elected President

Fernando Henrique Cardoso
PSDB

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General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1994. [1] The presidential elections were won by Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (and also supported by the Liberal Front Party and the Brazilian Labour Party), [2] who received 54.3% of the vote. [3] Cardoso won the election by a margin of 27.3%, the largest in Brazilian history to date, and the first of his two landslide victories. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando Henrique Cardoso Brazilian Social Democracy Party 34,362,72654.3
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Workers' Party 17,116,57927.0
Enéas Carneiro Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order 4,671,4747.4
Orestes Quércia Brazilian Democratic Movement Party 2,773,4974.4
Leonel Brizola Democratic Labour Party 2,015,8433.2
Espiridião Amin Reform Progressive Party 1,739,7802.7
Carlos Antônio Gomes National Reconstruction Party 387,8150.6
Hernani Fortuna Social Christian Party 238,2570.4
Invalid/blank votes14,638,118
Total77,944,089100
Registered voters/turnout94,743,04382.3
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party 9,287,04920.3107–2
Brazilian Social Democracy Party 6,350,94113.962+25
Liberal Front Party 5,873,37012.989+6
Workers' Party 5,859,34712.849+14
Reform Progressive Party [4] 4,307,8789.452–12
Democratic Labour Party 3,303,4347.234–12
Progressive Party [5] 3,169,6266.936New
Brazilian Labour Party 2,379,7735.231–3
Liberal Party 1,603,3303.513–2
Brazilian Socialist Party 995,2982.215+4
Communist Party of Brazil 567,1861.210+5
Democratic Social Party 414,9330.93+1
Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order 308,0310.700
Party of National Mobilization 257,0180.64+3
Socialist People's Party 256,4850.62–1
Social Christian Party 213,7340.53–2
Progressive Republican Party 207,3070.51+1
National Reconstruction Party 184,7270.41–40
Labour Party of Brazil 390.000
Green Party 154,6660.41New
United Socialist Workers' Party 0New
Brazilian Communist Party 0
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party 0New
Invalid/blank votes31,966,623
Total77,660,795100513+11
Registered voters/turnout94,743,04382.0
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p174 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p234
  3. Nohlen, p233
  4. In 1990: Democratic Social Party (8.9%, 42 seats) + Christian Democratic Party (3.0%, 22 seats)
  5. In 1990: Reform Labour Party (1.1%, 5 seats) + Social Labour Party (1.0%, 2 seats)