Brazilian presidential election, 1960

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3 October 1960

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Nominee	Jânio Quadros	Henrique Teixeira Lott
Party	PTN	PSD
Electoral vote	5,636,323	3,846,825
Percentage	48.3%	32.9%

President before election

Juscelino Kubitschek
PSD

Elected President

Jânio Quadros
UDN

Juscelino Kubitschek
PSD

Jânio Quadros
UDN

Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1960.Jânio Quadros of the National Labour Party, helming a coalition of the PTN, the National Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic Party, won a sweeping victory, taking 48.3% of the vote. Voter turnout was 81.0%.

Quadros' victory was the largest in Brazilian history at the time; the 15.6 percent margin of victory would remain a record until Fernando Henrique Cardoso won by 27 points in 1994. His victory marked the first time in 31 years that the presidency had not been won by an heir to the legacy of Getúlio Vargas.

This would be the last free presidential election held in Brazil until 1985.

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