1954 Brazilian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1954.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Voter turnout was 65.5%.[2]

1954 Brazilian legislative election

3 October 1954
326 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 42 seats in the Senate
Party Leader % Seats ± Chamber of Deputies PSD Nereu Ramos 23.1 114 +2 UDN Arthur F. dos Santos 14.3 74 -7 PTB Getúlio Vargas 15.7 56 +5 PSP Adhemar de Barros 9.3 32 +8 PR Arthur Bernardes 2.7 19 +8 PL 1.2 8 +3 NLP 2.1 6 +1 PSB 1.5 3 +2 PRP Plínio Salgado 0.8 3 +1 PDC 1.3 2 0 PST 0.7 2 -7 LRP 0.7 1 0 Other parties 0.5 6 Senate PSD Nereu Ramos 13.3 16 +10 UDN Arthur F. dos Santos 11.2 10 +6 PTB Getúlio Vargas 8.5 10 +5 PSP Adhemar de Barros 11.7 2 -1 PL 0.3 2 +2 NLP 3.5 1 New PR Arthur Bernardes 0.9 1 -10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	2,136,220	23.1	114	+2
Brazilian Labour Party	1,447,784	15.7	56	+5
National Democratic Union	1,318,101	14.3	74	–7
Social Progressive Party	863,401	9.3	32	+12
PSD-PTB	411,521	4.5	–	–
PSD-PRP-PL	257,247	2.8	–	–
UDN-PTB-PR	251,891	2.7	–	–
Republican Party	246,487	2.7	19	+8
PSD-PDC-PSP-PL-PRP	221,259	2.4	–	–
UDN-PR-PL	218,503	2.4	–	–
PTB-PST	207,757	2.2	–	–
National Labor Party	190,839	2.1	6	+1
PR-PDC	151,003	1.6	–	–
Brazilian Socialist Party	136,329	1.5	3	+2
PSD-PL	123,839	1.3	–	–
Christian Democratic Party	117,345	1.3	2	0
Liberator Party	114,665	1.2	8	+3
UDN-PSP	97,604	1.1	–	–
PSD-UDN	85,937	0.9	–	–
PTB-PR	81,756	0.9	–	–
PRP-PSP	78,129	0.8	–	–
Party of Popular Representation	70,346	0.8	3	+1
PSP-UDN-PL	67,515	0.7	–	–
Labour Republican Party	65,325	0.7	1	0
PSD-PTB-PDC-PSB-PS-PR	53,123	0.6	–	–
UDN-PST-PSP	50,099	0.5	–	–
PSD-PSB-PR	48,968	0.5	–	–
PSP-PST	44,720	0.5	–	–
Social Labour Party	32,440	0.4	2	–7
Others	45,630	0.5	6	+6
Invalid/blank votes	654,692	–	–	–
Total	9,890,475	100	326	+22
Registered voters/turnout	15,104,604	65.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Social Democratic Party	2,102,000	13.3	16
Social Progressive Party	1,843,230	11.7	2
National Democratic Union	1,758,872	11.2	10
Brazilian Labour Party	1,333,345	8.5	10
National Labor Party	551,549	3.5	1
Republican Party	134,110	0.9	1
Christian Democratic Party	107,050	0.7	0
Brazilian Socialist Party	70,015	0.4	0
Party of Popular Representation	60,814	0.4	0
Liberator Party	44,342	0.3	2
Social Labour Party	475	0.0	0
Others	7,759,564	49.2	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,809,054	–	–
Total	9,890,475	100	42
Registered voters/turnout	15,057,722		–
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p174