Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1986.^[1] The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party won 260 of the 487 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 49 seats in the Senate. The members of both chambers elected in this election, together with the Senators elected in 1982 came together to form a Constitutional Assembly during 1987 and 1988. The Assembly produced a new constitution, which was promulgated on 5 October 1988.^[2]

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1986 Brazilian parliamentary election

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Chamber of Deputies

487 seats in the Chamber of Deputies

Party Leader % Seats +/– Chamber of Deputies MDB José Sarney 47.84 260 +60 PFL 17.70 118 New PDS Paulo Maluf 7.89 33 −202 PT Lula da Silva 6.88 16 +8 PDT Leonel Brizola 6.50 24 +1 PTB Ricardo Ribeiro 4.46 17 +4 PL Álvaro Valle 2.82 6 New PDC 1.19 5 New PSB 0.95 1 New PCB Giocondo Dias 0.90 3 New PCdoB 0.63 3 New PSC 0.44 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

49 seats in the Senate

Party Leader % Seats MDB José Sarney 38 PFL 7 PDS Paulo Maluf 2 PDT Leonel Brizola 1 PMB 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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