In 1947, in Maranhão, Vitorino de Brito Freire (PPB) and José Neiva de Sousa (PPB) were elected to the Senate, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
Majority race: whoever gets the most votes wins, with no party quotient. The Senate renews two thirds and one third of its seats in alternating elections: that is why the number of seats changes from one election to the next.
The table above already includes every year from 1994 onward. To see an election before 1994, choose the year in All elections in Maranhão.
General Election·1947·Senator·Maranhão (MA)
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1Vitorino de Brito Freire36,12225.28%
Elected · PPB
2José Neiva de Sousa35,90925.13%
Elected · PPB
3Franklin Ribeiro Viegas17,73412.41%
PR
4Manoel Tavares Neves Filho17,37212.16%
PR
5José Henrique Barbosa Moreira Lima14,89210.42%
PSD
6Genesio Euvaldo de Moraes Rego14,74810.32%
PSD
7João de Deus Pires Leal3,1852.23%
UDN
8Antônio Vieira da Silva2,9122.04%
UDN
2 seats in the Federal Senate, all from a single party.
PPBPartido Proletário do Brasil2100.00%
Elected seats, from the TSE results. This is the composition that came out of the ballot boxes, not the one the chamber had over the legislative term: anyone who switched parties after the election does not change this number. The count adds up those elected, without recalculating the quotient, so it matches the legal size of the chamber.
Votes by party (all, including those that elected no one)
Each party by its total votes (candidate votes + party-list votes), including those that won no seat.
PPBPartido Proletário do Brasil72,0312 seats
72,031 candidate votes
Todas as eleições in Maranhão 34 anos, de 1933 a 2026▾
As eleições do Maranhão, ano a ano: nas eleições gerais de 1933 a 2026, a votação de cada candidato a presidente (somada no estado), governador, senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual, com a lista completa dos candidatos e quem foi eleito; nas eleições municipais de 1996 a 2024, prefeito e vereador, apurados cidade a cidade: cada uma leva às cidades do Maranhão. Escolha o ano e o cargo:
General election: president, governor, senator and deputies. Municipal election: mayor and city councillor.
The cutoff table covers from 1994 to 2026; the results by election go as far as the TSE publishes each office. Mayor and city council votes are counted city by city: in the list of elections, each one takes you to the cities in the state.
The percentage of valid votes is not shown in this table: valid votes include party-only votes, which do not go to any candidate.
