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1964 Brazilian Presidential Election

After the coup

11 April 1964 · The military regime's electoral college

Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 11 April 1964 shortly after the 1964 coup carried out by the Brazilian military. Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was elected president by the National Congress, receiving 361 of the 366 votes cast.

An indirect vote under the military regime: the president was ratified by a purged Congress or electoral college, with the outcome guaranteed in advance. Recorded here as history, not as a free election.

President before

Ranieri Mazzilli

PSD

Elected President

Humberto Castelo Branco

Independent

Winning share

98.6%

Turnout

The result

Castelo BrancoIndependent36198.63%
Juarez TávoraChristian Democratic Party30.82%
Eurico Gaspar DutraSocial Democratic Party20.55%