1962_Brazilian_legislative_election

1962 Brazilian parliamentary election
	409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies; 45 seats in the Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Hermes Lima; PTB	Hermes Lima; PTB

1962 Brazilian parliamentary election

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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.

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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		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–UDN	699,211	5.76
		PSD–PSP	654,835	5.40
		PTN–MTR	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
		MTR–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–PR–MTR–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

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	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

1962 Brazilian parliamentary election