Indirect presidential elections were held in
Brazil on 15 January 1974. They were the fourth presidential elections held under the
military government
A military government is generally any form of government that is administered by military forces, whether or not this government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, and whether this government is formed by natives or by an occup ...
and were carried out through an
electoral college.
Background
All elections during the military government elected candidates from the
National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA), though the
1966
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were one-party elections. In other elections during the military government, there were two parties running for elections.
Candidates
The candidatures were defined in September 1973, on
party conventions. The first defined were from the
ARENA on day 14 and 15, when
Ernesto Geisel was chosen as president candidate, and
Adalberto Pereira dos Santos as vice-president.
The
Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) chose its candidates on day 22, when they chose
Ulysses Guimarães and
Barbosa Lima Sobrinho with 201 votes.
The MDB president declared that "with no popular vote, all solutions chosen will be from the ruling party".
Results
References
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