Brazilian presidential election, 1964

9 April 1964



Nominee	Humberto Castelo Branco	Juarez Távora	Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Party	UDN	Military	PSD
Electoral vote	361	3	4
Percentage	98.63	0.81%	0.54%

President before election

Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (acting)
PSD

Elected President

Humberto Castelo Branco
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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.^[1] José Maria Alkmin was elected Vice-President unopposed after Auro de Moura Andrade withdrew his candidacy.

Results

President

Candidate	Votes	%
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco	361	98.63
Juarez Távora	3	0.81
Eurico Gaspar Dutra	2	0.54
Total	366	100
Registered voters/turnout	438	83.56

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:

Candidate	Votes	%
José Maria Alkmin	256	100
Total	256	100
Registered voters/turnout	438	58.45

References

↑ Thomas E. Skidmore (1988) The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-85, Oxford University Press, p21

Elections and referendums in Brazil

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Referendums	1963 1993 2005

Elections in brackets were indirect

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