1960 Brazilian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1960 to elect the president and vice president.^[1] Jânio Quadros of the National Labour Party (PTN), heading a coalition of the PTN, the National Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic Party was elected president with 48% of the vote. João Goulart, backed by a coalition of the Brazilian Labour Party, Social Democratic Party, Social Labour Party, Brazilian Socialist Party and Labour Republican Party [pt], was elected vice president with 42% of the vote Voter turnout was 81%.^[2]

1960 Brazilian presidential election

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President

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%

Results by state

President before election Juscelino Kubitschek PSD Elected President Jânio Quadros PTN

Vice president

Candidate João Goulart Milton Campos [pt] Fernando Ferrari [pt] Party PTB UDN PDC Popular vote 4,547,010 4,237,719 2,137,385 Percentage 41.63% 38.80% 19.57%

Vice President before election João Goulart PTB Elected Vice President João Goulart PTB

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

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 [pt]	4,547,010	41.63
	Milton Campos [pt]	UDN–PR–PL–PTN	4,237,719	38.80
	Fernando Ferrari [pt]	MTR [pt]–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