Brazilian presidential election, 1974

15 January 1974



Candidate	Ernesto Geisel	Ulysses Guimarães
Party	ARENA	MDB
Home state	Rio Grande do Sul	Rio de Janeiro
Running mate	Adalberto Pereira dos Santos	Barbosa Lima Sobrinho
Electoral vote	400	76
Percentage	84.00%	16.00%

President before election

Emílio Garrastazu Médici
ARENA

Elected President

Ernesto Geisel
ARENA

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The Brazilian presidential election was held in 1974, through a electoral college system with two parties. It was the 22nd Brazilian presidential election, and the 4th from the Brazilian military government.

Historical context

All elections during the Brazilian military government elected candidates from the National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA), though the 1966 and 1969 were one-party elections. In others elections during the military government, there were two parties running for elections.

Candidates

The candidatures were defined in September 1973, on party conventions. The first defined were from the ARENA on day 14 and 15, when Ernesto Geisel was chosen as president candidate, and Adalberto Pereira dos Santos as vice-president.^[1]

The Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) chose its candidates on day 22, when they chose Ulysses Guimarães and Barbosa Lima Sobrinho with 201 votes.^[2] The MDB president declared that "with no popular vote, all solutions chosen will be from the ruling party".^[2]

Results

Candidate	Running-mate (Vice-president candidate)	Party	Votes	%
Ernesto Geisel	Adalberto Pereira dos Santos	National Renewal Alliance	400	84
Ulysses Guimarães	Barbosa Lima Sobrinho	Brazilian Democratic Movement	76	16
Blank votes			21
Abstentions			6
Total			503	100
Source: Folha de S.Paulo^[3]

References

↑ "ARENA aprovou candidaturas de Geisel e Adaberto" [ARENA approves Geisel's and Adalberto's candidature]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo. Folha. 15 January 1973. p. 5.
1 2 "Às 14h30 fala candidato do MDB, pela TV" [At 14h30, the MDB candidate will speak on TV]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo. Folha. 15 January 1973. p. 5.
↑ "Geisel eleito, por 400 votos a 76" [Geisel elected, 400 votes against 76]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo. Folha. 16 January 1974. p. 5.

Elections and referendums in Brazil

Presidential elections	(1891) 1894 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1918 1919 1922 1926 1930 (1934) 1945 1950 1955 1960 (1964) (1966) (1969) (1974) (1978) (1985) 1989 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Parliamentary elections	1823 1826 1830 1834 1842 1843 1845 1848 1850 1853 1857 1861 1864 1867 1869 1872 1877 1878 1882 1885 1886 1890 1894 1896 1899 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1927 1930 1933 1934 1945 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Municipal elections	1985 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Referendums	1963 1993 2005

Elections in brackets were indirect

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