>Chief of State and Head
of Government: President Fernando Henrique CARDOSO
Assembly: bicameral National
Congress (Congresso Nacional) consisting of the Federal Senate
(81 seats) and Chamber of Deputies (513 seats).
Description
of electoral structure:
The president
is directly elected by popular vote to a four-year term.
Members of the
Senate are elected via majority voted in staggered elections. In 1994
two-thirds of the Senate (54 seats) was up for election; in 1998 one-third
of the Senate (27 seats) was up for election. Members serve eight-year
terms.
All members of
the Chamber of Deputies are elected for a four-year term via a party-list
proportional system.
Main parties in
the electoral races*:
Party: Liberal Front Party (PFL)
Leader: Jorge BORNHAUSEN
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 84
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 97
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 14
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 18
Party: Worker's Party (PT)
Leader: Jose DIRCEU
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 91
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 58
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 10
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 8
Party: Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB)
Leader: Michel TEMER
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 74
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 87
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 9
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 23
Party: Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB)
Leader: José Anibal Peres PONTES
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 71
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 95
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 8
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate:: 14
Party: Democratic Labor Party (PDT)
Leader: Leonel BRIZOLA
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 21
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 16
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 4
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 5
Party: Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB)
Leader: Miguel ARRAES
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 22
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 16
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 3
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 3
Party: Liberal Party (PL)
Leader: Francisco Teixeira de OLIVEIRA
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 26
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 22
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 2
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 1
Party: Brazilian Labor Party (PTB)
Leader: José Carlos de Castro MARTINEZ
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 26
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 33
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 2
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 5
Party: Popular Socialist Party (PPS)
Leader: Roberto FREIRE
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 15
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 12
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 2
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 2
Party: Brazilian Progressive Party (PPB)
Leader: Paulo Salim MALUF
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 49
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 53
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 0
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 2
Party: Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)
Leader: Sergio Robert Gomes SOUZA
Seats won in this election to the Chamber of Deputies: 12
Seats won in last election to the Chamber of Deputies: 10
Seats won in this election to the Federal Senate: 0
Seats won in last election to the Federal Senate: 0
*Until 09/01/2002
When was the last
election?
Last Federal Senate
election held: October 4, 1998 for the 27 out of 81 seats
Last election for
Chamber of Deputies: October 4, 1998
Population and
number of registered voters:
Population: 169,799,170
(2000)
Number of registered voters:
115,254,113
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) For additional information:IFES ElectionGuide Online
