1954 Brazilian parliamentary election

1954 Brazilian parliamentary election

3 October 1954

Chamber of Deputies

All 326 seats in the Chamber of Deputies

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PSD Nereu Ramos 23.13 114 +2 PTB João Goulart 15.68 56 +5 UDN Arthur F. dos Santos 14.27 74 −7 PSP Adhemar de Barros 9.35 32 +8 PR Artur Bernardes 2.67 19 +8 PTN 2.07 6 +1 PSB 1.48 3 +2 PDC 1.27 2 0 PL 1.24 8 +3 PRP Plínio Salgado 0.76 3 +1 PRT 0.71 1 0 PST 0.35 2 −7 Other parties 0.49 6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

42 seats in the Senate

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PSD Nereu Ramos 13.33 16 +10 PSP Adhemar de Barros 11.69 2 −1 UDN Arthur F. dos Santos 11.16 10 +6 PTB João Goulart 8.46 10 +5 PTN 3.50 1 New PR Artur Bernardes 0.85 1 −10 PL 0.28 2 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	2,136,220	23.13	114	+2
	Brazilian Labour Party	1,447,784	15.68	56	+5
	National Democratic Union	1,318,101	14.27	74	–7
	Social Progressive Party	863,401	9.35	32	+12
	PSD–PTB	411,521	4.46	–	–
	PSD–PRP–PL	257,247	2.79	–	–
	UDN–PTB–PR	251,891	2.73	–	–
	Republican Party	246,487	2.67	19	+8
	PSD–PDC–PSP–PL–PRP	221,259	2.40	–	–
	UDN–PR–PL	218,503	2.37	–	–
	PTB–PST	207,757	2.25	–	–
	National Labor Party	190,839	2.07	6	+1
	PR–PDC	151,003	1.63	–	–
	Brazilian Socialist Party	136,329	1.48	3	+2
	PSD–PL	123,839	1.34	–	–
	Christian Democratic Party	117,345	1.27	2	0
	Liberator Party	114,665	1.24	8	+3
	UDN–PSP	97,604	1.06	–	–
	PSD–UDN	85,937	0.93	–	–
	PTB–PR	81,756	0.89	–	–
	PRP–PSP	78,129	0.85	–	–
	Popular Representation Party	70,346	0.76	3	+1
	PSP–UDN–PL	67,515	0.73	–	–
	Labour Republican Party	65,325	0.71	1	0
	PSD–PTB–PDC–PSB–PS–PR	53,123	0.58	–	–
	UDN–PST–PSP	50,099	0.54	–	–
	PSD–PSB–PR	48,968	0.53	–	–
	PSP-PST	44,720	0.48	–	–
	Social Labour Party	32,440	0.35	2	–7
	Others	45,630	0.49	6	+6
Total		9,235,783	100.00	326	+22
Valid votes		9,235,783	93.38
Invalid/blank votes		654,692	6.62
Total votes		9,890,475	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,104,604	65.48
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	2,102,000	13.33	16
	Social Progressive Party	1,843,230	11.69	2
	National Democratic Union	1,758,872	11.16	10
	Brazilian Labour Party	1,333,345	8.46	10
	National Labor Party	551,549	3.50	1
	Republican Party	134,110	0.85	1
	Christian Democratic Party	107,050	0.68	0
	Brazilian Socialist Party	70,015	0.44	0
	Popular Representation Party	60,814	0.39	0
	Liberator Party	44,342	0.28	2
	Social Labour Party	475	0.00	0
	Coalitions and others	7,759,564	49.22	0
Total		15,765,366	100.00	42
Total votes		9,862,892	–
Registered voters/turnout		15,057,722	65.50
Source: Nohlen