Parliamentary elections were held in
Brazil on 19 January 1947.[1] The elections were for 19 vacant seats in the
Chamber of Deputies, one additional
Senator for each state (except
Santa Catarina, which elected two),[2] and for all state Governors and legislatures.
The elections were most notable for the continued growth of the
Brazilian Communist Party, which received 9% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of
São Paulo (ahead of the UDN) and the single largest party in the federal capital,
Rio de Janeiro. The PCB's growing success and its unpopularity amongst the ruling elite led to the party being banned later in 1947 by President
Eurico Gaspar Dutra.