1962 Brazilian legislative election

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

1962 Brazilian legislative election

7 October 1962

409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
45 seats in the Senate
Party Leader % Seats ±
Chamber of Deputies
PSD 18.3 79 +10
PTB João Goulart 14.2 63 +17
UDN Herbert Levy 13.2 55 +12
PR 2.2 6 -8
PSP Adhemar de Barros 1.0 6 -1
PST 0.7 2 0
PL 0.2 2 0
PRP Plínio Salgado 0.6 1 -1
LRM 0.6 1 New
PDC 0.4 1 -5
Other parties 193 +58
Senate
PSD 9.8 16 +8
PTB João Goulart 11.9 12 +6
UDN Herbert Levy 9.7 8 0
NLP 1.9 2 +2
LRM 2.4 1 New
PSB 1.4 1 0
PDC 1.2 1 +1
PL 0.8 1 +1
PSP Adhemar de Barros 0.7 1 +1
PR 1 +1
Independent 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party2,225,69318.379+10
Brazilian Labour Party1,722,54614.263+17
National Democratic Union1,604,74313.255+12
Republican Party269,1552.26–8
Social Progressive Party124,3371.06–1
Social Labour Party83,4210.720
Party of Popular Representation70,4350.61–1
Labour Renewal Movement71,6570.61New
Christian Democratic Party54,0310.41–5
Liberator Party26,3790.220
PTB-PSB778,4576.4193+58
PSD-UDN701,8925.8
PDC-PRT-UDN699,2115.8
PSD-PSP654,835
PTN-MTR366,9513.0
PL-PRP-PDC-UDN286,1552.4
PSD-PSP-PDC-PTN-PSB294,4582.4
PTB-Republican Party-PL273,9722.3
UDN-PDC-PTN241,1942.0
PTB-Republican Party-PRP236,3331.9
PSD-PDC141,1161.2
PSD-UDN-PDC135,0701.1
PSD-PST119,8411.0
PTB-UDN-PSP-PRP111,3710.9
PSD-PTN102,9590.8
MTR-PSB-PST96,3080.8
UDN-PSP-PDC83,7790.7
PTB-PSD83,5160.7
PSP-PTN-PRT-PR-MTR-PSB-UDN-PL83,1510.7
UDN-PTB-PST66,3110.5
PSB-PST61,8490.5
PSD-Republican Party59,2590.5
Others120,0471.0
Invalid/blank votes2,615,038
Total14,747,221100409+83
Registered voters/turnout18,528,84779.6
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Brazilian Labour Party2,694,30811.912
Social Democratic Party2,222,5479.816
National Democratic Union2,182,6479.78
Social Labour Party642,8012.80
Labour Renewal Movement538,7892.41
National Labor Party431,2841.92
Brazilian Socialist Party318,3691.41
Christian Democratic Party269,5601.21
Liberator Party191,6850.81
Rural Labour Party185,9090.8
Social Progressive Party157,0290.71
Coalitions10,339,53945.8
Republican Party1
Independents1
Invalid/blank votes8,887,860
Total29,470,85110045
Registered voters/turnout18,496,335
Source: Nohlen

References

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