Indirect presidential elections were held in

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on 15 January 1974. They were the fourth presidential elections held under the military government and were carried out through an electoral college.

Background

All elections during the military government elected candidates from the

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(ARENA), though the 1966 and

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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

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on day 14 and 15, when

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was chosen as president candidate, and Adalberto Pereira dos Santos as vice-president. The

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(MDB) chose its candidates on day 22, when they chose

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and

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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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