1982 Brazilian legislative election

none Brazil 1968 1978 1986 15 November 1982 yes Chamber of Deputies 479 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 240 Chamber of Deputies Democratic Social Party Paulo Maluf 43.22 235 231 PMDB Tancredo Neves 42.96 200 191 Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) Leonel Brizola 5.82 23 new Brazilian Labour Party (current) Ivete Vargas 4.45 13 new Workers' Party (Brazil) Lula da Silva 3.55 8 new yes Senate 25 seats in the Senate yes PMDB Tancredo Neves 43.67 9 Democratic Social Party Paulo Maluf 42.22 15 Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) Leonel Brizola 5.92 1 Legislative elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1982.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 978-0-19-928358-3 The elections were conducted under the military dictatorship.Mun̄iz Blanca P. 1983-12-01 Brazilian elections 1982: The ambivalent legacy of varguism https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379483800298 Electoral Studies 2 3 207–227 10.1016/S0261-3794(83)80029-8 0261-3794 subscription Massive popular street demonstrations led the military dictatorship to stage the elections. The pro-government 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% for the Chamber of Deputies and 83% for the Senate.Nohlen, p175 Electoral system Due to the growing popularity of the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement, the ruling National Renewal Alliance Party passed electoral reforms in 1979, replacing the two-party system in place since 1965 with a multi-party system.Nohlen, p166 Results Chamber of Deputies File:Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, 1982 election.svg Brazil_Chamber_of_Deputies_election_1982 Democratic Social Party 17775738 235 +4 Brazilian Democratic Movement Party 17666773 200 +9 Democratic Labour Party 2394723 23 New Brazilian Labour Party 1829055 13 New Workers' Party 1458719 8 New 7330871 +57 58871378 Nohlen Senate Brazilian Democratic Movement Party 18410338 9 Democratic Social Party 17799069 15 Democratic Labour Party 2496188 1 Brazilian Labour Party 1909452 0 Workers' Party 1538786 0 6592970 58871378 Nohlen References Category:Parliamentary elections in Brazil Brazil Parliamentary Brazil