1962 Brazilian parliamentary election

← 1958

7 October 1962

1966 →

Chamber of Deputies

409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies

Party	Leader	%	Seats
PSD		18.35	79
PTB	João Goulart	14.20	63
UDN	Herbert Levy [pt]	13.23	55
PR		2.22	6
PSP	Adhemar de Barros	1.02	6
PST		0.69	2
LRM [pt]		0.59	1
PRP	Plínio Salgado	0.58	1
PDC		0.45	1
PL		0.22	2
Coalitions	–		193

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

45 seats in the Senate

Party	Leader	%	Seats
PTB	João Goulart	13.09	12
PSD		10.80	16
UDN	Herbert Levy [pt]	10.60	8
LRM [pt]		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

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Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 1962.^[1] Voter turnout was 80%.^[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 alliance			Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party		2,225,693	18.35	79
	Brazilian Labour Party		1,722,546	14.20	63
	National Democratic Union		1,604,743	13.23	55
	Republican Party		269,155	2.22	6
	Social Progressive Party		124,337	1.02	6
	Social Labour Party		83,421	0.69	2
	Popular Representation Party		70,435	0.58	1
	Labour Renewal Movement [pt]		71,657	0.59	1
	Christian Democratic Party		54,031	0.45	1
	Liberator Party		26,379	0.22	2
	Coalitions	PTB–PSB	778,457	6.42	193
		PSD–UDN	701,892	5.79
		PDC–PRT [pt]–UDN	699,211	5.76
		PSD–PSP	654,835	5.40
		PTN–LRM [pt]	366,951	3.02
		PL–PRP–PDC–UDN	286,155	2.36
		PSD–PSP–PDC–PTN–PSB	294,458	2.43
		PTB–PR–PL	273,972	2.26
		UDN–PDC–PTN	241,194	1.99
		PTB–PR–PRP	236,333	1.95
		PSD–PDC	141,116	1.16
		PSD–UDN–PDC	135,070	1.11
		PSD–PST	119,841	0.99
		PTB–UDN–PSP–PRP	111,371	0.92
		PSD–PTN	102,959	0.85
		LRM [pt]–PSB–PST	96,308	0.79
		UDN–PSP–PDC	83,779	0.69
		PTB–PSD	83,516	0.69
		UDN–PST	81,751	0.67
		PSP–PTN–PRT [pt]–PR–LRM [pt]–PSB–UDN–PL	83,151	0.69
		UDN–PTB–PST	66,311	0.55
		PSB–PST	61,849	0.51
		PSD–PR	59,259	0.49
	Others		120,047	0.99
Total			12,132,183	100.00	409

Valid votes			12,132,183	82.27
Invalid/blank votes			2,615,038	17.73
Total votes			14,747,221	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			18,528,847	79.59
Source: Nohlen

Senate


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Brazilian Labour Party	2,694,308	13.09	12
	Social Democratic Party	2,222,547	10.80	16
	National Democratic Union	2,182,647	10.60	8
	Social Labour Party	642,801	3.12	0
	Labour Renewal Movement [pt]	538,789	2.62	1
	National Labor Party	431,284	2.10	2
	Republican Party	408,524	1.98	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party	318,369	1.55	1
	Christian Democratic Party	269,560	1.31	1
	Liberator Party	191,685	0.93	1
	Rural Labour Party	185,909	0.90	0
	Social Progressive Party	157,029	0.76	1
	Coalitions	10,339,539	50.23	–
	Independents	10,339,539	50.23	1
Total		20,582,991	100.00	45

Valid votes		20,582,991	69.84
Invalid/blank votes		8,887,860	30.16
Total votes		29,470,851	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,496,335	159.33
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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v t e Government of João Goulart
← Government of Ranieri Mazzilli (1961)
Domestic Policies	Military apparatus Plano Trienal Base reforms
External policy	Independent external policy Relations with the United States Operation Brother Sam Lobster War (1961-1963)
Events	Campanha da Legalidade (1961) General elections (1962) Referendum (1963) Revolt of the sergeants (1963) Request for a state of exception (1963) Comício da Central (1964) March of the Family with God for Liberty (1964) Sailors' Revolt (1964) Meeting at Automóvel Clube (1964)
1964 coup d'état	Caicó Detachment Military operations Operation Popeye in Rio de Janeiro Coast Artillery HQ Takeover in the Paraíba Valley Operation Farroupilha 1964 vacancy in the Presidency of Brazil Revolutionary 3rd Army
Government of Ranieri Mazzilli→ (1964)