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1974 Brazilian Presidential Election

15 January 1974 · The military regime's electoral college

All elections during the military government elected candidates from the National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA), though the 1966 and 1969 were one-party elections. In other elections during the military government, there were two parties running for elections.

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

Emílio Garrastazu Médici

ARENA

Elected President

Ernesto Geisel

ARENA

Winning share

84.0%

Turnout

The result

Ernesto GeiselAdalberto Pereira dos Santos40084.03%
Ulysses GuimarãesBarbosa Lima Sobrinho7615.97%