Brazilian presidential election, 1969

25 October 1969



Candidate	Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Party	ARENA
Home state	Rio Grande do Sul
Running mate	Augusto Rademaker
Electoral vote	293
Percentage	100.00%

President before election

Brazilian Military Junta of 1969
ARENA

Elected President

Emílio Garrastazu Médici
ARENA

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Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 25 October 1969. The elections were the third held under the Brazilian military government, and used an electoral college system.

Background

The National Congress had been closed since the AI-5, on 19 December 1968. President Artur da Costa e Silva left office on 14 October due to ill health, later dying on 17 December. Vice-President Pedro Aleixo was not allowed to replace Costa e Silva, so the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate were reopened to elect the a President and Vice-President, under the Instituctional Act 16.

Voting

The candidacies of General Emílio Garrastazu Médici and vice Augusto Rademaker were approved on the National Renewal Alliance Party's national convention on 16 October.^[1]

Voting took place in the National Congress on 25 October. There were discourses from Oscar Passos from MDB, Filinto Muller from ARENA and Paulo Brossard from MDB.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Vice-Presidential candidate	Party	Chamber of Deputies	Federal Senate	Total
Emílio Garrastazu Médici	Augusto Rademaker	ARENA	251	42	293
Abstentions			62	14	76
Total			313	56	369
Source: Folha de S.Paulo^[2]

References

↑ "A ARENA indica Medici e Rademaker" [The ARENA indicates Medici and Rademaker]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese) (São Paulo). Folha. 17 October 1969. p. 1.
1 2 "Medici, já presidente, pede voto de confiança ao povo brasileiro" [Medici, already president, asks for a trust vote from population]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese) (São Paulo). Folha. 26 October 1969. p. 1.

Elections and referendums in Brazil

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Referendums	1963 1993 2005

Elections in brackets were indirect

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