FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 4 OCTOBER 1998 ========================================================= Elections to the Congresso Nacional (National Congress) Source: website of the Superior Electoral Tribunal The Congresso Nacional comprises the Camara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputies) and the Senado Federal (Federal Senate) Parties --------------------------------------------------------- * PCB (Partido Comunista do Brasil) Communist Party of Brazil * PDT (Partido Democratico Trabalhista) Democratic Labour Party * PFL (Partido da Frente Liberal) Party of the Liberal Front * PL (Partido Liberal) Liberal Party * PMDB (Partido do Movimento Democratico Brasileiro (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement * PMN (Partido da Mobilizacao Nacional) Party of National Mobilization * PPB (Partido Progressista Brasileiro (Brazilian Progressive Party * PPS (Partido Popular Socialista) Socialist People's Party * PRONA (Partido de Reedificacao da Ordem Nacional) Party for Rebuilding the National Order) * PSB (Partido Socialista Brasileiro (Brazilian Socialist Party * PSC (Partido Social Cristao) Christian Social Party * PSD (Partido Social-Democrata) Social-Democratic Party * PSDB (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileiro) Party of the Brazilian Social-Democracy * PSL (Partido Social Liberal) Social Liberal Party * PST (Partido Social Trabalhista) Social Labour Party * PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores) Workers' Party * PTB (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro) Brazilian Labour Party * PV (Partido Verde) Green Party CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: NATIONAL SUMMARY ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Communist (PCB) 802,327 01.2 7 Democratic Labor (PDT) 3,098,599 04.6 25 Liberal Front (PFL) 10,862,915 16.0 105 Liberal Party (PL) 1,485,965 02.2 12 Democratic Movement (PMDB) 9,215,430 13.6 83 Progressive (PPB) 6,869,638 10.1 60 Social Democratic (PSDB) 9,389,128 13.9 99 Socialist (PSB) 2,079,285 03.1 19 Workers' Party (PT) 6,468,001 09.5 58 Labor Party (PTB) 3,439,219 05.1 31 Others 14,009,520 20.69 14 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,720,077 513 --------------------------------------------------------- SENATE: NATIONAL SUMMARY ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Front (PFL) 7,048,771 10.4 5 Democratic Movement (PMDB) 13,413,875 19.8 12 Progressive (PPB) 9,245,873 13.6 2 Social Democratic (PSDB) 6,366,960 09.4 4 Socialist (PSB) 3,949,028 05.8 1 Workers' Party (PT) 11,392,553 16.8 3 Others 16,305,967 24.1 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,723,027 27 --------------------------------------------------------- This was an election for one-third of the Senate, with each state electing one Senator. The other two-thirds of the Senate was elected in 1994 and will face re-election in 2002. The total party strengths in the Senate are: --------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Labor (PDT) 2 Liberal Front (PFL) 20 Democratic Movement (PMDB) 27 Progressive (PPB) 5 Socialist People's (PPS) 1 Social Democratic (PSDB) 16 Socialist (PSB) 3 Workers' Party (PT) 7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 81 --------------------------------------------------------- # CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: SUMMARY OF SEATS BY PARTY AND STATE ===================================================================== State PCB PDT PFL PL PMDB PPB PSDB PSB PT PTB etc Total --------------------------------------------------------------------- Acre - 1 3 - 1 1 - - 2 - - 8 Alagoas - - 1 - 1 - 2 1 - 1 3 9 Amapa - - 2 - 1 - 3 1 - 1 - 8 Amazonas 1 - 4 1 - 1 1 - - - - 8 Bahia 1 1 20 1 3 1 6 - 5 1 - 39 Ceara 1 - 1 - 5 1 12 1 1 - - 22 Distrito Fed 1 - 1 - 1 2 1 - 2 - - 8 Espirito Santo - - 1 - 1 1 3 - 1 3 - 10 Goias - - 2 2 8 1 2 - 1 - 1 17 Maranhao - 1 6 2 3 - 3 1 - - 2 18 Mato Grosso - - 1 1 2 - 3 - - 1 - 8 Mato Gr do Sul - - 1 - 1 1 2 - 2 1 - 8 Minas Gerais 1 1 8 3 9 7 14 - 7 2 1 53 Para - 1 3 - 4 1 4 - 3 1 - 17 Paraiba - - 3 - 5 1 1 - 1 1 - 12 Parana - 1 6 - 4 5 5 - 3 6 - 30 Pernambuco - - 8 - 3 2 1 8 1 1 1 25 Piaui - - 5 - - 3 1 - 1 - - 10 Rio de Janeiro 1 7 9 - 2 6 11 2 4 2 2 46 Rio Grande do N - - 3 - 4 1 - - - - - 8 Rio Grande do S - 4 1 - 7 5 2 1 8 3 - 31 Rondonia - 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 - - 8 Roraima - - - - 1 4 2 - - 1 - 8 Santa Catarina - 2 3 - 4 4 1 - 2 - - 16 Sao Paulo 2 4 8 2 5 12 15 2 14 5 2 68 Sergipe - - - - 2 2 1 1 1 - 1 8 Tocantins - - 3 - 2 2 1 - - - - 8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7 25 105 12 83 60 99 19 58 31 14 513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------