Brazilian presidential election, 1978

January 15, 1978



Candidate	João Figueiredo	Euler Bentes Moreiro
Party	ARENA	MDB
Home state	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro
Running mate	Aureliano Chaves	Paulo Brossard
Electoral vote	355	226
Percentage	61.10%	39.90%

President before election

Ernesto Geisel
ARENA

Elected President

João Figueiredo
ARENA

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The Brazilian presidential election was held in 1978 through a electoral college system. The opposition's party, the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), chose an anti-candidate to fill the spot and denounce the restrict democracy. The MDB chose General Euler Bentes Monteiro to run the elections against João Figueiredo from the National Renewal Alliance Party. João Figueiredo won with 355 electoral votes against 226 votes for Euler Monteiro.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Running-mate (Vice-president candidate)	Party	Votes	%
João Figueiredo	Aureliano Chaves	National Renewal Alliance Party	355	61.1
Euler Bentes Monteiro	Paulo Brossard	Brazilian Democratic Movement	226	39.9
Total			581	100
Source: Folha de S.Paulo^[1]

References

1 2 "ARENA dá a vitória a Figueiredo" [ARENA gives victory to Figueiredo]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese) (São Paulo). Folha. 16 January 1978. p. 4.

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