Brazilian legislative election, 1966

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

ARENA won a crushing 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


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Renewal Alliance	8,731,638	64.0	277	New
	Brazilian Democratic Movement	4,915,470	36.0	132	New
Invalid/blank votes		3,638,448	–	–	–
Total		17,285,556	100	409	0
Registered voters/turnout		22,387,251	77.2	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Renewal Alliance	7,719,382	56.6	19
Brazilian Democratic Movement	5,911,361	43.4	4
Invalid/blank votes	3,628,855	–	–
Total	17,259,598	100	23
Registered voters/turnout	22,335,242	77.3	–
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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