1954 Brazilian parliamentary election
Brazil
3 October 1954

326 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
42 seats in the Senate
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
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 Arthur 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
Senate
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 Arthur 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.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Voter turnout was 65.5%.[2]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party2,136,22023.13114+2
Brazilian Labour Party1,447,78415.6856+5
National Democratic Union1,318,10114.2774–7
Social Progressive Party863,4019.3532+12
PSDPTB411,5214.46
PSDPRPPL257,2472.79
UDNPTBPR251,8912.73
Republican Party246,4872.6719+8
PSDPDCPSPPLPRP221,2592.40
UDNPRPL218,5032.37
PTBPST207,7572.25
National Labor Party190,8392.076+1
PRPDC151,0031.63
Brazilian Socialist Party136,3291.483+2
PSDPL123,8391.34
Christian Democratic Party117,3451.2720
Liberator Party114,6651.248+3
UDNPSP97,6041.06
PSDUDN85,9370.93
PTBPR81,7560.89
PRPPSP78,1290.85
Popular Representation Party70,3460.763+1
PSPUDNPL67,5150.73
Labour Republican Party65,3250.7110
PSDPTBPDCPSB–PS–PR53,1230.58
UDNPSTPSP50,0990.54
PSDPSBPR48,9680.53
PSP-PST44,7200.48
Social Labour Party32,4400.352–7
Others45,6300.496+6
Total9,235,783100.00326+22
Valid votes9,235,78393.38
Invalid/blank votes654,6926.62
Total votes9,890,475100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,104,60465.48
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party2,102,00013.3316
Social Progressive Party1,843,23011.692
National Democratic Union1,758,87211.1610
Brazilian Labour Party1,333,3458.4610
National Labor Party551,5493.501
Republican Party134,1100.851
Christian Democratic Party107,0500.680
Brazilian Socialist Party70,0150.440
Popular Representation Party60,8140.390
Liberator Party44,3420.282
Social Labour Party4750.000
Coalitions and others7,759,56449.220
Total15,765,366100.0042
Total votes9,862,892
Registered voters/turnout15,057,72265.50
Source: Nohlen

References

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