1960 Brazilian presidential election

1960 Brazilian presidential election

3 October 1960

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

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. When Quadros took office on 31 January 1961, it marked the first time since Brazil had become a republic in 1889 that an incumbent government peacefully transferred power to an elected member of the opposition. It also 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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jânio Quadros	PTN–UDN–PDC	5,636,623	48.26
	Henrique Teixeira Lott	PSD–PTB	3,846,825	32.94
	Adhemar de Barros	Social Progressive Party	2,195,709	18.80
Total			11,679,157	100.00
Valid votes			11,679,157	92.79
Invalid/blank votes			907,197	7.21
Total votes			12,586,354	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			15,543,332	80.98
Source: Nohlen, TRE-PB

Vice President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	João Goulart	PTB–PSD–PST–PSB–PRT	4,547,010	41.63
	Milton Campos	UDN–PR–PL–PTN	4,237,719	38.80
	Fernando Ferrari	MTR–PDC	2,137,382	19.57
Total			10,922,111	100.00
Valid votes			10,922,111	86.78
Invalid/blank votes			1,664,243	13.22
Total votes			12,586,354	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			15,543,332	80.98