Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1982.^[1] The Democratic Social Party (the successor of the ruling National Renewal Alliance) won 235 of the 479 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 15 of the 25 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 82.8%.^[2]

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1982 Brazilian parliamentary election

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Chamber of Deputies

479 seats in the Chamber of Deputies

Party Leader % Seats +/– Chamber of Deputies PDS Paulo Maluf 43.22 235 +4 PMDB Tancredo Neves 42.96 200 +9 PDT Leonel Brizola 5.82 23 New PTB Ivete Vargas 4.45 13 New PT Lula da Silva 3.55 8 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

25 seats in the Senate

Party Leader % Seats PMDB Tancredo Neves 43.67 9 PDS Paulo Maluf 42.22 15 PDT Leonel Brizola 5.92 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Due to the growing popularity of the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement, the ruling National Renewal Alliance Party passed electoral reforms in 1979, replacing the two-party system in place since 1965 with a multi-party system.^[3]