1962 Brazilian parliamentary election
Brazil
7 October 1962

409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
45 seats in the Senate
PartyLeader % Seats
Chamber of Deputies
PSD 18.35 79
PTB João Goulart 14.20 63
UDN Herbert Levy 13.23 55
PR 2.22 6
PSP Adhemar de Barros 1.02 6
PST 0.69 2
LRM 0.59 1
PRP Plínio Salgado 0.58 1
PDC 0.45 1
PL 0.22 2
Coalitions 193
Senate
PTB João Goulart 13.09 12
PSD 10.80 16
UDN Herbert Levy 10.60 8
LRM 2.62 1
PTN 2.10 2
PR 1.98 1
PSB 1.55 1
PDC 1.31 1
PL 0.93 1
PSP Adhemar de Barros 0.76 1
Independents 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hermes Lima
PTB
Hermes Lima
PTB

Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 1962.[1] Voter turnout was 79.6%.[2] These were the only elections to be held under the parliamentary republican system of government introduced in 1960.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party or allianceVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party2,225,69318.3579
Brazilian Labour Party1,722,54614.2063
National Democratic Union1,604,74313.2355
Republican Party269,1552.226
Social Progressive Party124,3371.026
Social Labour Party83,4210.692
Popular Representation Party70,4350.581
Labour Renewal Movement71,6570.591
Christian Democratic Party54,0310.451
Liberator Party26,3790.222
CoalitionsPTBPSB778,4576.42193
PSDUDN701,8925.79
PDC–PRT–UDN699,2115.76
PSDPSP654,8355.40
PTN–MTR366,9513.02
PLPRPPDCUDN286,1552.36
PSDPSPPDCPTNPSB294,4582.43
PTBPRPL273,9722.26
UDNPDCPTN241,1941.99
PTBPRPRP236,3331.95
PSDPDC141,1161.16
PSDUDNPDC135,0701.11
PSDPST119,8410.99
PTBUDNPSPPRP111,3710.92
PSDPTN102,9590.85
MTR–PSBPST96,3080.79
UDNPSPPDC83,7790.69
PTBPSD83,5160.69
UDNPST81,7510.67
PSPPTN–PRT–PR–MTR–PSBUDNPL83,1510.69
UDNPTBPST66,3110.55
PSBPST61,8490.51
PSDPR59,2590.49
Others120,0470.99
Total12,132,183100.00409
Valid votes12,132,18382.27
Invalid/blank votes2,615,03817.73
Total votes14,747,221100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,528,84779.59
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Brazilian Labour Party2,694,30813.0912
Social Democratic Party2,222,54710.8016
National Democratic Union2,182,64710.608
Social Labour Party642,8013.120
Labour Renewal Movement538,7892.621
National Labor Party431,2842.102
Republican Party408,5241.981
Brazilian Socialist Party318,3691.551
Christian Democratic Party269,5601.311
Liberator Party191,6850.931
Rural Labour Party185,9090.900
Social Progressive Party157,0290.761
Coalitions10,339,53950.23
Independents1
Total20,582,991100.0045
Valid votes20,582,99169.84
Invalid/blank votes8,887,86030.16
Total votes29,470,851100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,496,335159.33
Source: Nohlen

References

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