Brazilian legislative election, 1982

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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]

Electoral system

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]

Results

Chamber of Deputies


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Social Party	17,775,738	43.2	235	+4
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	17,666,773	43.0	200	+9
	Democratic Labour Party	2,394,723	5.8	23	New
	Brazilian Labour Party	1,829,055	4.4	13	New
	Workers' Party	1,458,719	3.5	8	New
Invalid/blank votes		7,330,871	–	–	–
Total		48,455,879	100	479	+57
Registered voters/turnout		58,871,378	82.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	18,410,338	43.7	9
	Democratic Social Party	17,799,069	42.2	15
	Democratic Labour Party	2,496,188	5.9	1
	Brazilian Labour Party	1,909,452	4.5	0
	Workers' Party	1,538,786	3.6	0
Invalid/blank votes		6,592,970	–	–
Total		48,746,803	100	25
Registered voters/turnout		58,871,378	83.4	–
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p175
↑ Nohlen, p166

Elections and referendums in Brazil

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Elections in brackets were indirect

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