1945 Brazilian general election

General elections were held in Brazil on 2 December 1945, the first since the establishment of Getúlio Vargas' Estado Novo. The presidential elections were won by Eurico Gaspar Dutra of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), whilst the PSD also won a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Voter turnout was 83% in the presidential election, 81% in the Chamber elections and 73% in the Senate elections.

1945 Brazilian general election

2 December 1945
Presidential election
Turnout82.13%
 
Candidate Eurico Dutra Eduardo Gomes Yedo Fiúza
Party PSD UDN PCB
Popular vote 3,251,507 2,039,341 569,818
Percentage 55.39% 34.74% 9.71%

Results by state

President before election

José Linhares
Independent

President-elect

Eurico Gaspar Dutra
PSD


All 286 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
PartyLeader % Seats
PSD Nereu Ramos 42.74 151
UDN Otávio Mangabeira 26.59 81
PTB 10.19 22
PCB Luís Carlos Prestes 8.63 14
PR Arthur Bernardes 3.71 9
PPS Miguel Reale 1.81 4
PDC 1.72 2
PRP Plínio Salgado 1.59 2
PL 0.97 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

All 42 seats in the Senate
PartyLeader % Seats
PSD Nereu Ramos 38.03 25
UDN Otávio Mangabeira 24.30 12
PCB Luís Carlos Prestes 9.86 1
PTB 9.76 3
PPS Miguel Reale 1.58 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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