1966 Brazilian legislative election

none Brazil 1960 1962 1970 15 November 1966 409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies23 seats in the Senate yes Chamber of Deputies National Renewal Alliance Artur da Costa e Silva 63.98 277 Brazilian Democratic Movement #FF0000 36.02 132 Senate National Renewal Alliance Artur da Costa e Silva 56.63 19 Brazilian Democratic Movement #FF0000 43.37 4 300px Results by constituency of the Chamber of Deputies 300px Results by constituency of the Senate 2 Legislative elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1966.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 978-0-19-928358-3 They were the first elections held after a military coup in 1964. In 1965 the military government of President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco dissolved all existing parties, and enacted a new electoral law that effectively limited the number of parties to two — the pro-government National Renewal Alliance (ARENA) and the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement. ARENA won a landslide victory, taking 277 of the 409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 19 of the 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 77%.Nohlen, pp194-211 Results Chamber of Deputies File:Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, 1966 election.svg National Renewal Alliance 8731638 277 Brazilian Democratic Movement 4915470 132 #FF0000 3638448 22387251 Nohlen Senate National Renewal Alliance 7719382 19 Brazilian Democratic Movement 5911361 4 #FF0000 3628855 22335242 Nohlen References Category:Parliamentary elections in Brazil Brazil Parliamentary Brazil