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1960 Brazilian presidential election

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Nominee Jânio Quadros Henrique Teixeira Lott Adhemar de Barros Party PTN PSD PSP Popular vote 5,636,623 3,846,825 2,195,709 Percentage 48.26% 32.94% 18.80%

President before election Juscelino Kubitschek PSD Elected President Jânio Quadros PTN

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Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1960. Jânio Quadros of the National Labour Party (PTN), helming a coalition of the PTN, the National Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic Party, won a sweeping victory, taking 48.3% of the vote. Voter turnout was 81%.

Quadros' victory was the largest of any free election in Brazilian history at the time; the 16 percent margin of victory would remain a record until Fernando Henrique Cardoso won by 27 points in 1994. The election marked the first time in 31 years that the presidency had not been won by an heir to the legacy of Getúlio Vargas.

This would be the last direct presidential election held in Brazil until 1989.

Results

President

Vice President

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p232

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