1994 Brazilian general election

General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1994.[1] The presidential elections were won by Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (and also supported by the Liberal Front Party and the Brazilian Labour Party),[2] who received 54.3% of the vote.[3] Cardoso won the election by a margin of 27.3%, the largest in Brazilian history to date, and the first of his two landslide victories. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

1994 Brazilian general election

3 October 1994
Presidential election
Candidate Fernando Henrique Cardoso Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Enéas Carneiro Party PSDB PT PRONA Popular vote 34,362,726 17,116,579 4,671,474 Percentage 54.3% 27.0% 7.4%
Presidential election results map after voting: Blue denotes states won by Cardoso Red denotes states won by Lula
President before election Itamar Franco PMDB Elected President Fernando Henrique Cardoso PSDB
Legislative election
513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 257 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± PMDB Orestes Quércia 20.3 107 -2 PFL Jorge Bornhausen 12.9 89 +6 PSDB Pimenta da Veiga 13.9 62 +25 PPR Esperidião Amin 9.4 52 New PT Rui Falcão 12.8 49 +14 PP 6.9 36 New PDT Leonel Brizola 7.2 34 -12 PTB 5.2 31 -3 PSB 2.2 15 +4 PL Alvaro Valle 3.5 13 -2 PCdoB 1.2 10 +5 PMN 0.6 4 +3 PDS Paulo Maluf 0.9 3 -39 PSC 0.5 3 -2 SPP 0.6 2 New PRP Ovasco Roma 0.5 1 +1 PRN Daniel Tourinho 0.4 1 -40 PV 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	34,362,726	54.3
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Workers' Party	17,116,579	27.0
Enéas Carneiro	Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order	4,671,474	7.4
Orestes Quércia	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	2,773,497	4.4
Leonel Brizola	Democratic Labour Party	2,015,843	3.2
Esperidião Amin	Reform Progressive Party	1,739,780	2.7
Carlos Antônio Gomes	National Reconstruction Party	387,815	0.6
Hernani Fortuna	Social Christian Party	238,257	0.4
Invalid/blank votes		14,638,118	–
Total		77,944,089	100
Registered voters/turnout		94,743,043	82.3
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	9,287,049	20.3	107	–2
Brazilian Social Democracy Party	6,350,941	13.9	62	+25
Liberal Front Party	5,873,370	12.9	89	+6
Workers' Party	5,859,347	12.8	49	+14
Reform Progressive Party[4]	4,307,878	9.4	52	–12
Democratic Labour Party	3,303,434	7.2	34	–12
Progressive Party[5]	3,169,626	6.9	36	New
Brazilian Labour Party	2,379,773	5.2	31	–3
Liberal Party	1,603,330	3.5	13	–2
Brazilian Socialist Party	995,298	2.2	15	+4
Communist Party of Brazil	567,186	1.2	10	+5
Democratic Social Party	414,933	0.9	3	+1
Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order	308,031	0.7	0	0
Party of National Mobilization	257,018	0.6	4	+3
Socialist People's Party	256,485	0.6	2	–1
Social Christian Party	213,734	0.5	3	–2
Progressive Republican Party	207,307	0.5	1	+1
National Reconstruction Party	184,727	0.4	1	–40
Labour Party of Brazil	39	0.0	0	0
Green Party	154,666	0.4	1	New
United Socialist Workers' Party			0	New
Brazilian Communist Party			0	–
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party			0	New
Invalid/blank votes	31,966,623	–	–	–
Total	77,660,795	100	513	+11
Registered voters/turnout	94,743,043	82.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p174 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p234
3. Nohlen, p233
4. In 1990: Democratic Social Party (8.9%, 42 seats) + Christian Democratic Party (3.0%, 22 seats)
5. In 1990: Reform Labour Party (1.1%, 5 seats) + Social Labour Party (1.0%, 2 seats)