Country: | Brazil |
Previous Election: | 1962 |
Next Election: | 1970 |
Election Date: | 15 November 1966 |
Seats For Election: | 409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 23 seats in the Senate |
First Election: | yes |
Heading1: | Chamber of Deputies |
Party1: | National Renewal Alliance |
Leader1: | Artur da Costa e Silva |
Percentage1: | 63.98 |
Seats1: | 277 |
Party2: | Brazilian Democratic Movement |
Colour2: |
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Percentage2: | 36.02 |
Seats2: | 132 |
Heading3: | Senate |
Party3: | National Renewal Alliance |
Leader3: | Artur da Costa e Silva |
Percentage3: | 56.63 |
Seats3: | 19 |
Party4: | Brazilian Democratic Movement |
Colour4: |
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Percentage4: | 43.37 |
Seats4: | 4 |
Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1966.[1] They were the first elections held after a military coup in 1964. In 1965 the military government of President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco dissolved all existing parties, and enacted a new electoral law that effectively limited the number of parties to two — the pro-government National Renewal Alliance (ARENA) and the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement.
ARENA won a landslide victory, taking 277 of the 409 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 19 of the 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 77.2% in the Chamber of Deputies election and 77.3% in the Senate election.[2]