1982 Brazilian parliamentary election

15 November 1982

Chamber of Deputies

479 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
240 seats needed for a majority

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Chamber of Deputies
	PDS	Paulo Maluf	43.22	235	+4
	PMDB	Tancredo Neves	42.96	200	+9
	PDT	Leonel Brizola	5.82	23	New
	PTB	Ivete Vargas	4.45	13	New
	PT	Lula da Silva	3.55	8	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

25 seats in the Senate

	Leader	Vote %	Seats
PMDB	Tancredo Neves	43.67	9
PDS	Paulo Maluf	42.22	15
PDT	Leonel Brizola	5.92	1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1982. The elections were conducted under the military dictatorship. Massive popular street demonstrations led the military dictatorship to stage the elections.

The pro-government Democratic Social Party (the successor of the ruling National Renewal Alliance) won 235 of the 479 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 15 of the 25 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 82% for the Chamber of Deputies and 83% for the Senate.