1955 Brazilian presidential election

none Brazil 1889 1950 Brazilian presidential election 1950 1960 Brazilian presidential election 1960 3 October 1955 yes President presidential Juscelino Kubitschek em 1956 (cropped).jpg Juscelino Kubitschek Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 1945–1965) 3,077,411 35.68% 131038.jpgmaior.jpg Juarez Távora National Democratic Union (Brazil) 2,610,462 30.27% Ademar Pereira de Barros, Governador de São Paulo (cropped).tif Adhemar de Barros Social Progressive Party 2,222,725 25.77% Plínio Salgado Plínio Salgado, 1959 (cropped - 3x4).tif Popular Representation Party 714,379 8.28% President 1955 Brazilian Election Map by Winning Canidate Percentage.svg Results by state Nereu Ramos Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 1945–1965) Juscelino Kubitschek Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 1945–1965) yes Vice president 130x130px presidential João Goulart João “Jango” Goulart, Presidente do Brasil, foto oficial, 1961 (cropped).jpg Brazilian Labour Party (1945) 3,591,409 44.25% Milton Campos pt Milton Campos Mílton Soares Campos, Ministro da Justiça (cropped).tiff National Democratic Union (Brazil) 3,384,739 41.70% Danton Coelho pt Danton Coelho Danton Coelho (cropped).jpg Social Progressive Party 1,140,261 14.05% Vice President Vacant Elected Vice President João Goulart Brazilian Labour Party (1945) Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1955 to elect both the president and vice president.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 978-0-19-928358-3 Juscelino Kubitschek of the Social Democratic Party was elected president with 36% of the vote, while João Goulart of the Brazilian Labour Party was elected vice president with 44% of the vote. Voter turnout was 60% in both elections. Background After the suicide of Getúlio Vargas, his Vice President João Café Filho took office. Prior to Vargas' death, Brazil was living a time of intense political division, with the right-wing opposition National Democratic Union (UDN), high-level military officers and the mass media openly trying to depose him following the attempted assassination of right-wing journalist Carlos Lacerda, allegedly ordered by Vargas. Juscelino Kubitschek, then Governor of Minas Gerais and a member of the pro-Vargas Social Democratic Party (PSD) announced his candidacy and built an alliance with the popular left-wing populist João Goulart of Vargas' Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), who was Vargas' former Minister of Labour and personal friend and who became cherished by the workers after granting a 100% increase in the minimum wage. A PSD-PTB coalition was then formed, with Kubitschek as the presidential candidate and Goulart as his running mate. The UDN, which wanted to do a more moderate and centrist image launched the candidacy of Juarez Távora, an old military officer. The party formed a multi-party coalition in order to defeat the PSD-PTB coalition, a coalition which included the Republican Party and the Christian Democratic Party. The Social Progressive Party (PSP) candidate was its leader, the populist former São Paulo Governor Adhemar de Barros. The PSP had supported Vargas in 1950, helping him win, but Adhemar was known to have presidential ambitions of his own. Also on the right, Plínio Salgado of the minor Popular Representation Party (PRP) ran for president. Salgado was known for being the leader of Brazilian Integralism in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Integralismo was a far right movement described as a Brazilian branch of fascism. During the campaign, Luís Carlos Prestes, leader of then illegal Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) recommended the tactical vote for the Kubitschek-Goulart ticket, an incident which increased the communist denunciations of the UDN and the media against the PSD-PTB campaign. Candidates President Governor Juscelino Kubitschek of Minas Gerais (PSD) Former Agriculture Minister Juarez Távora of Ceará (UDN) Former Governor Adhemar de Barros of São Paulo (PSP) Plínio Salgado (PRP) Results President Juscelino Kubitschek Social Democratic Party 3077411 Juarez Távora National Democratic Union 2610462 Adhemar de Barros Social Progressive Party 2222725 Plínio Salgado Popular Representation Party 714379 472037 15243246 Nohlen, SAPSAP Vice-President João Goulart Brazilian Labour Party–Social Democratic Party 3591409 Milton Campos pt Milton Campos National Democratic Union 3384739 Danton Coelho pt Danton Coelho Social Progressive Party 1140261 980605 15243246 SAPSAP References Category:Presidential elections in Brazil Brazil Presidential