1978 Brazilian presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 15 October 1978. The opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) chose an anti-candidate to fill the spot and denounce the restrictive democracy. The MDB chose General Euler Bentes Monteiro to run against João Figueiredo from the National Renewal Alliance Party. Figueiredo won with 355 electoral votes against 226 votes for Euler Monteiro.^[1]

1978 Brazilian presidential election

← 1974 15 October 1978 1985 →
591 members of the electoral college 296 electoral votes needed to win
Nominee João Figueiredo Euler Bentes Monteiro Party ARENA MDB Running mate Aureliano Chaves Paulo Brossard Electoral vote 355 226 Percentage 61.10% 38.90%
President before election Ernesto Geisel ARENA Elected President João Figueiredo ARENA

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	João Figueiredo	Aureliano Chaves	National Renewal Alliance	355	61.10
	Euler Bentes Monteiro	Paulo Brossard	Brazilian Democratic Movement	226	38.90
Total				581	100.00
Total votes				581	–
Registered voters/turnout				591	98.31
Source: Folha de S.Paulo[1]