1964 Brazilian Presidential Election
After the coup11 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
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The result
| Castelo Branco | Independent | 361 | 98.63% |
| Juarez Távora | Christian Democratic Party | 3 | 0.82% |
| Eurico Gaspar Dutra | Social Democratic Party | 2 | 0.55% |