2010 Brazilian Parliamentary Election

The PT's bench under Dilma

3 October 2010 · The New Republic's Congress · 513 seats, 257 for a majority

General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 2010 to elect the president, the National Congress and the state governments. In the Chamber of Deputies the Workers' Party won the most seats, 88 of 513, with 22 parties winning representation.

President before

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President after

Dilma Rousseff

Largest force

Workers' Party

88 of 513 seats

Turnout

81.9%

The result

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Workers' Party

16.9% of votes · +5 seats

seats

Brazilian Democratic Movement Party

13.0% of votes · -11 seats

seats

Brazilian Social Democracy Party

11.9% of votes · -11 seats

seats

Democrats

7.6% of votes · -22 seats

seats

Party of the Republic

7.6% of votes · +18 seats

seats

Progressive Party

6.5% of votes · -1 seats

seats

Brazilian Socialist Party

7.1% of votes · +7 seats

seats

Democratic Labour Party

5.0% of votes · +4 seats

seats

Brazilian Labour Party

4.2% of votes · -1 seats

seats

Social Christian Party

3.2% of votes · +8 seats

seats


Workers' Party	—	88	+5	16.289.199	16.9%	+1.9
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	—	78	-11	12.537.252	13.0%	-1.6
Brazilian Social Democracy Party	—	54	-11	11.477.380	11.9%	-1.7
Democrats	—	43	-22	7.301.171	7.6%	—
Party of the Republic	—	42	+18	7.311.655	7.6%	—
Progressive Party	—	41	-1	6.330.062	6.5%	-0.6
Brazilian Socialist Party	—	34	+7	6.851.053	7.1%	+0.9
Democratic Labour Party	—	28	+4	4.854.602	5.0%	-0.2
Brazilian Labour Party	—	21	-1	4.038.239	4.2%	-0.5
Social Christian Party	—	17	+8	3.072.546	3.2%	—

67 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.