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Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1966.[1] a military coup in 1964. In 1965, the military government of President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco shuttered all existing parties, and enacted a new electoral law that effectively limited the number of parties to two--the pro-government National Renewal Alliance and the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement .
ARENA won a crushing 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]
Results Chamber of Deputies
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
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National Renewal Alliance 8,731,638
64.0
277
New
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Brazilian Democratic Movement 4,915,470
36.0
132
New
Invalid/blank votes
3,638,448
–
–
–
Total 17,285,556 100 409 0
Registered voters/turnout
22,387,251
77.2
–
–
Source: Nohlen
Senate
Party
Votes
%
Seats
National Renewal Alliance 7,719,382
56.6
19
Brazilian Democratic Movement 5,911,361
43.4
4
Invalid/blank votes
3,628,855
–
–
Total 17,259,598 100 23
Registered voters/turnout
22,335,242
77.3
–
Source: Nohlen
References
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II , p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3^ Nohlen, pp194-211
