1933 Brazilian Constitutional Assembly election

none Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Brazil on 3 May 1933 to elect the 214 directly elected deputies of an Assembly that would draw up a new constitution. A further 40 members were indirectly elected: 18 by trade unions, 17 by employer organisations, three by members of liberal professions and two by civil servants.Teresa Cristina de Novaes Marques Women's Vote in Brazil 2021 https://books.google.com/books?id=PJJTEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT94 94 The elections have been described as the first democratic and honest elections in the country's history.Michael L. Conniff & Frank D. McCann Modern Brazil: Elites and Masses in Historical Perspective 1991 https://books.google.com/books?id=UhbQdNXVtKYC&pg=PA33 33https://books.google.com/books?id=VJFHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 Brazil: What Everyone Needs to Know Riordan Roett 2016 31–32 They were also the first national elections with women's suffrage, although it was still limited to married women, unmarried women with their own income and widows. Carlota Pereira de Queirós became the first woman elected to national office.https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2008/02/367001-direito-de-voto-feminino-completa-76-anos-no-brasil-saiba-mais-sobre-essa-conquista.shtml Direito de voto feminino completa 76 anos no Brasil; saiba mais sobre essa conquista Poder 24 February 2008 Electoral system The elections were held using open list proportional representation.http://socialsciences.scielo.org/pdf/s_dados/v3nse/scs_a05.pdf The open-list electoral system in Brazil Dados 3 2007 Jairo Nicolau Voters could cast preferential votes for candidates from multiple parties. Despite the voting age being reduced from 21 to 18 and women's suffrage being introduced, the number of registered voters fell from 1,893,000 in 1930 to 1,466,700.Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II 173 978-0-19-928358-3https://bibliotecadigital.tse.jus.br/xmlui/bitstream/handle/bdtse/1265/1934_boletim_eleitoral_a3_n49_supl.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Boletim Eleitoral 13 June 1934 Results A total of 1,037 candidates contested the elections.https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMmNlMTA0ZTktNzg2NC00MjlmLWI5NWUtMzZjNjc4ZWMzMzg3IiwidCI6ImFiNzcyYzYzLWViMzgtNGIxZS1iZWY3LTdiNjBlZDhhY2RmMSJ9 Eleições 1933 TSE Progressive Party 31 Baía Social Democratic Party 20 Single List for a United São Paulo 17 Social Democratic Party of Pernambuco 15 Liberal Republican Party 13 Radical People's Party 10 Pará Liberal Party 7 Catholic Electoral League 6 Autonomist Party (Brazil) pt Partido Autonomista do Distrito Federal Autonomist Party 6 National Party 6 Mineiro Republican Party 6 Paraíba Progressive Party 5 Maranhão Republican Party 4 Social Democratic Party 4 Republican Social Party pt Partido Social Republicano 4 Fluminense Progressive Union 4 United Front 3 Freedom and Civics 3 Agriculture Party 3 Catarinense Liberal Party pt Partido Liberal Catarinense 3 Mato Grossense Liberal Party 3 Socialist National Party 3 Rio Grande do Norte People's Party 3 Social Democratic Party 3 Espírito Santo Social Democratic Party 3 Brazilian Socialist Party 3 Amazonense Civic Union 3 Maranhense Republican Union 3 Baía is still Baía 2 People's Slate 2 Economist Party of Brazil 2 Fluminense Socialist Party 2 Liberal Workers' Party 1 Legenda Constitucionalista 1 Legenda Hugo Napoleão 1 Legenda por Santa Catarina 1 Constitutionalist Party 1 Democratic Party 1 Paranaense Liberal Party 1 Republican Social Party pt Partido Social Republicano 1 Nationalist Social Party pt Partido Social Nacionalista 1 Sergipe Republican Union 1 Independents 2 Indirectly elected members 40 1157761 64863 1466700 TSE, TSE Aftermath The Assembly began work in November 1933 and the new constitution drafted by the Assembly was promulgated in July 1934. It provided for a federal state with a bicameral parliament, but abolished the position of vice president. The Assembly was then converted into a Chamber of Deputies and elected Getúlio Vargas as president.https://books.google.com/books?id=zr1MqPiSYJcC&pg=PA41 Brazil, a Country Study 41 1983 References Constitutional Brazil Category:Elections in Brazil Category:Constituent assembly elections in South America Category:May 1933 in South America