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1950 Brazilian general election

1950 Brazilian general election

3 October 1950
President
← 1945
1955 →
 
Candidate Getúlio Vargas Eduardo Gomes Cristiano Machado
Party PTB UDN PSD
Popular vote 3,849,040 2,342,384 1,697,193
Percentage 48.73% 29.66% 21.49%

Results by state

President before election

Eurico Gaspar Dutra
PSD

President-elect

Getúlio Vargas
PTB

Vice president
 
Candidate Café Filho Odilon Braga Altino Marques
Party PSP UDN PR
Popular vote 2,520,790 2,344,841 1,649,309
Percentage 35.76% 33.26% 23.40%

Vice President before election

Nereu Ramos
PSD

President-elect

Café Filho
PSP

Chamber of Deputies
← 1947
1954 →

All 304 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PSD Nereu Ramos 26.99 112 −39
UDN Prado Kelly 16.99 81 0
PTB Getúlio Vargas 16.47 51 +29
PSP Adhemar de Barros 7.29 24 New
PR Artur Bernardes 2.82 11 +2
PTN 2.75 5 New
PST 2.13 9 New
PRT 0.96 1 New
PRP Plínio Salgado 0.94 2 0
PDC 0.74 2 0
PL 0.72 5 +4
PSB 0.48 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chamber of Deputies
← 1947
1954 →

22 seats in the Federal Senate
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PSD Nereu Ramos 15.45 6 −19
PTB Otávio Mangabeira 10.45 5 +2
UDN Prado Kelly 9.62 4 −8
PR Artur Bernardes 7.27 2 +2
PSP Adhemar de Barros 6.72 3 +3
PST 1.62 1 New
PSB 0.20 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1950.[1] The presidential elections were won by Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party, whilst the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although they lost their majority in the former. Voter turnout was 72.1% in the presidential election, 72.0% in the Chamber elections and 77.7% in the Senate elections.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, pp191-232

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