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Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 14 October 1934 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and state legislatures.[1]
Following the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, a constitutional assembly was elected in 1933 and drew up a new constitution, which came into force on 16 July 1934.[2] It provided for a federal state with a bicameral parliament consisting of a 300-member Chamber of Deputies (of which 250 were directly elected and 50 selected by union and employer bodies) and a Senate consisting of two members from each state, who would be elected by state legislatures.[2][3]
After the constitution was promulgated, the Assembly was converted into a Chamber of Deputies and elected Getúlio Vargas as president the following day.[2]
The 250 directly elected members were elected by open list proportional representation, with states acting as constituencies.[3][4] Voters could cast preferential votes for candidates from multiple parties.[4]
Of the 250 elected members, 142 were supporters of Vargas, 76 were from the opposition and 32 were independents.[5]
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Progressive Party | 35 | |
Social Democratic Party | 30 | |
São Paulo Constitutionalist Party | 22 | |
Social Democratic Party of Pernambuco | 15 | |
Liberal Republican Party | 14 | |
Paulista Republican Party | 12 | |
Republican Party of Minas Gerais | 11 | |
Republican Party | 10 | |
Fluminense Progressive Union | 9 | |
United Front | 8 | |
Catholic Electoral League | 8 | |
Autonomist Party | 8 | |
Governor Captain Octavia Mangabeira | 7 | |
Pará Liberal Party | 7 | |
Radical People's Party | 5 | |
Catarinense Liberal Party | 4 | |
Socialist National Party | 4 | |
Pelo Amazonas Redimido | 4 | |
Mato Grosso Evolutionist Party | 3 | |
People's Party | 3 | |
Republican Social Party | 3 | |
Republican Union | 3 | |
Alliance for Santa Catarina | 2 | |
Social Alliance | 2 | |
Chapa Popular | 2 | |
Pernambucana Dissidents | 2 | |
Paraense United Front | 2 | |
Fluminense Socialist Party | 2 | |
Libertarian Union | 2 | |
Libertarian Coalition | 1 | |
Piauhyense Coalition | 1 | |
Agriculture Party | 1 | |
Fluminense Evolutionary Party | 1 | |
Mato Grossense Liberal Party | 1 | |
National Party | 1 | |
Libertarian Republican Party | 1 | |
Nationalist Social Party | 1 | |
Progressive Republicans | 1 | |
Maranhense Republican Union | 1 | |
Paranaense Republican Union | 1 | |
Indirectly elected members | 50 | |
Total | 300 | |
Source: TSE |