# 1933 Brazilian Constitutional Assembly election

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Brazil on 3 May 1933 to elect the 214 directly elected deputies of an Assembly that would draw up a new constitution. A further 40 members were indirectly elected: 18 by trade unions, 17 by employer organisations, three by members of liberal professions and two by civil servants. The elections have been described as the first democratic and honest elections in the country's history.
They were also the first national elections with women's suffrage, although it was still limited to married women, unmarried women with their own income and widows. Carlota Pereira de Queirós became the first woman elected to national office.

## Electoral system

The elections were held using open list proportional representation. Voters could cast preferential votes for candidates from multiple parties.
Despite the voting age being reduced from 21 to 18 and women's suffrage being introduced, the number of registered voters fell from 1,893,000 in 1930 to 1,466,700.

## Results

A total of 1,037 candidates contested the elections.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Progressive Party | | | 31 |
| | Baía Social Democratic Party | | | 20 |
| | Single List for a United São Paulo | | | 17 |
| | Social Democratic Party of Pernambuco | | | 15 |
| | Liberal Republican Party | | | 13 |
| | Radical People's Party | | | 10 |
| | Pará Liberal Party | | | 7 |
| | Catholic Electoral League | | | 6 |
| | Autonomist Party [pt] | | | 6 |
| | National Party | | | 6 |
| | Mineiro Republican Party | | | 6 |
| | Paraíba Progressive Party | | | 5 |
| | Maranhão Republican Party | | | 4 |
| | Social Democratic Party | | | 4 |
| | Republican Social Party [pt] | | | 4 |
| | Fluminense Progressive Union | | | 4 |
| | United Front | | | 3 |
| | Freedom and Civics | | | 3 |
| | Agriculture Party | | | 3 |
| | Catarinense Liberal Party [pt] | | | 3 |
| | Mato Grossense Liberal Party | | | 3 |
| | Socialist National Party | | | 3 |
| | Rio Grande do Norte People's Party | | | 3 |
| | Social Democratic Party | | | 3 |
| | Espírito Santo Social Democratic Party | | | 3 |
| | Brazilian Socialist Party | | | 3 |
| | Amazonense Civic Union | | | 3 |
| | Maranhense Republican Union | | | 3 |
| | Baía is still Baía | | | 2 |
| | Chapa Popular | | | 2 |
| | Economist Party of Brazil | | | 2 |
| | Fluminense Socialist Party | | | 2 |
| | Liberal Workers' Party | | | 1 |
| | Legenda Constitucionalista | | | 1 |
| | Legenda Hugo Napoleão | | | 1 |
| | Legenda por Santa Catarina | | | 1 |
| | Constitutionalist Party | | | 1 |
| | Democratic Party | | | 1 |
| | Paranaense Liberal Party | | | 1 |
| | Republican Social Party [pt] | | | 1 |
| | Nationalist Social Party [pt] | | | 1 |
| | Sergipe Republican Union | | | 1 |
| | Independents | | | 2 |
| Indirectly elected members | Indirectly elected members | | | 40 |
| Total | Total | | | 254 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,157,761 | 94.69 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 64,863 | 5.31 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,222,624 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,466,700 | 83.36 | |
| Source: TSE, TSE |||||

## Aftermath

The Assembly began work in November 1933 and the new constitution drafted by the Assembly was promulgated in July 1934. It provided for a federal state with a bicameral parliament, but abolished the position of vice president. The Assembly was then converted into a Chamber of Deputies and elected Getúlio Vargas as president.