1986 Brazilian parliamentary election Chamber of Deputies
487 seats in the Chamber of Deputies This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
49 seats in the Senate This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1986.[ 1] The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party won 260 of the 487 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 49 seats in the Senate . The members of both chambers elected in this election, together with the Senators elected in 1982 came together to form a Constitutional Assembly during 1987 and 1988. The Assembly produced a new constitution , which was promulgated on 5 October 1988.[ 2]
Chamber of Deputies [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Brazilian Democratic Movement Party 22,633,805 47.84 260 +60 Liberal Front Party 8,374,709 17.70 118 New Democratic Social Party 3,731,735 7.89 33 –202 Workers' Party 3,253,999 6.88 16 +8 Democratic Labour Party 3,075,429 6.50 24 +1 Brazilian Labour Party 2,110,467 4.46 17 +4 Liberal Party 1,335,139 2.82 6 New Christian Democratic Party 565,021 1.19 5 New Brazilian Socialist Party 450,948 0.95 1 New Brazilian Communist Party 427,618 0.90 3 New Communist Party of Brazil 297,237 0.63 3 New Social Christian Party 207,903 0.44 1 New Brazilian Municipalist Party 180,207 0.38 0 New Humanist Party 124,882 0.26 0 New Communitarian Municipalist Party 101,693 0.21 0 New Labour Agrarian and Renewing Socialist Party 68,121 0.14 0 New Socialist Party 59,165 0.13 0 New Brazilian People's Party 57,959 0.12 0 New Party of National Mobilization 44,173 0.09 0 New Renewing Labour Party 37,229 0.08 0 New Democratic Nationalist Party 34,740 0.07 0 New Labour Reforming Party 29,387 0.06 0 New New Republic Party 28,751 0.06 0 New National Community Party 21,768 0.05 0 New Youth Party 19,048 0.04 0 New National Tancredista Party 17,611 0.04 0 New Nationalist Party 12,298 0.03 0 New Independent Democratic Party 7,329 0.02 0 New Progressive Renewal Party 2,787 0.01 0 New Total 47,311,158 100.00 487 +8 Valid votes 47,311,158 71.88 Invalid/blank votes 18,512,433 28.12 Total votes 65,823,591 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 69,309,231 94.97 Source: Nohlen