1950 Brazilian Presidential Election
Vargas returns by the ballot3 October 1950 · The populist republic
General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1950. The presidential elections were won by Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party, whilst the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although they lost their majority in the former.
President before
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
PSD
Elected President
Getúlio Vargas
PTB
Winning share
48.7%
Turnout
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The result
Getúlio Vargas
Brazilian Labour Party · 3.849.040 votes
48.73%
share
Eduardo Gomes
National Democratic Union · 2.342.384 votes
29.66%
share
Cristiano Machado
Social Democratic Party · 1.697.193 votes
21.49%
share
João Mangabeira
Brazilian Socialist Party · 9.466 votes
0.12%
share