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Brazilian presidential election, 1964

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9 April 1964
  
1966 →

361
  
3

98.63
  
0.81%

Juarez Távora
  
Eurico Gaspar Dutra

3
  
4

0.81%
  
0.54%

Brazilian presidential election, 1964

Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 11 April 1964 shortly after the March coup. Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was elected President by the National Congress, receiving 361 of the 366 votes cast. José Maria Alkmin was elected Vice-President unopposed after Auro de Moura Andrade withdrew his candidacy.

Vice-President

None of the candidates for Vice-President achieved the required absolute majority of votes in the first round. José Maria Alkmin received 203 votes; Auro de Moura Andrade received 150 votes; Ranieri Mazzilli received 2 votes; Milton Campos received 2 votes; Antonio Sanchez Galdeano received 1 vote; and there were 63 abstentions. For the second round of voting, Moura Andrade withdrew his candidacy, and Alkmin was elected unopposed, with the following count:

References

Brazilian presidential election, 1964 Wikipedia