1974 Brazilian presidential election

none Brazil 1968 presidential 503 members of the electoral college 252 electoral 1969 Brazilian presidential election 1969 1978 Brazilian presidential election 1978 15 January 1974 Foto oficial de Ernesto Geisel (correção de cor) (cropped) (3x4).png Ernesto Geisel Adalberto Pereira National Renewal Alliance 400 84.03% Ulisses Silveira Guimarães, Deputado (SP) (cropped).tif Ulysses Guimarães Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Brazilian Democratic Movement 76 15.97% President Emílio Garrastazu Médici National Renewal Alliance Party Ernesto Geisel National Renewal Alliance Party Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 15 January 1974. They were the fourth presidential elections held under the military government and were carried out through an electoral college. Background All elections during the military government elected candidates from the National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA), though the 1966 and 1969 were one-party elections. In other elections during the military government, there were two parties running for elections. Candidates The candidatures were defined in September 1973, on party conventions. The first defined were from the ARENA on day 14 and 15, when Ernesto Geisel was chosen as president candidate, and Adalberto Pereira dos Santos as vice-president.http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1973/09/15/2/ ARENA aprovou candidaturas de Geisel e Adaberto 5 15 January 1973 Folha de S.Paulo São Paulo Portuguese ARENA approves Geisel's and Adalberto's candidature Folha The Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) chose its candidates on day 22, when they chose Ulysses Guimarães and Barbosa Lima Sobrinho with 201 votes.http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1973/09/22/2/ Às 14h30 fala candidato do MDB, pela TV 5 15 January 1973 Folha de S.Paulo São Paulo Portuguese At 14h30, the MDB candidate will speak on TV Folha The MDB president declared that "with no popular vote, all solutions chosen will be from the ruling party". Results Ernesto Geisel National Renewal Alliance Adalberto Pereira 400 Ulysses Guimarães Brazilian Democratic Movement Barbosa Lima Sobrinho 76 476 503 Folha de S.Paulohttp://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1974/01/16/2/ Geisel eleito, por 400 votos a 76 5 16 January 1974 Folha de S.Paulo São Paulo https://web.archive.org/web/20140202172205/http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1974/01/16/2/ 2014-02-02 Portuguese Geisel elected, 400 votes against 76 Folha References Category:Presidential elections in Brazil Brazil President Brazil