1982 Brazilian parliamentary election

1982 Brazilian parliamentary election
Brazil
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Chamber of Deputies

479 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
240 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
PDS Paulo Maluf 43.22 235 +4
PMDB Tancredo Neves 42.96 200 +9
PDT Leonel Brizola 5.82 23 New
PTB Ivete Vargas 4.45 13 New
PT Lula da Silva 3.55 8 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate

25 seats in the Senate
Party Leader % Seats
PMDB Tancredo Neves 43.67 9
PDS Paulo Maluf 42.22 15
PDT Leonel Brizola 5.92 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p175

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