Women's Suffrage and rights in the constitutions of the world​

BRAZIL 1932
Right to vote and to stand for election: July 5, 1932
First woman in parliament: 1933
Population: 211,835,240
Parliament name: Congresso nacional (National
Congress)
Chamber name: Cámara dos Deputados (Chamber of
Deputies)
Structure & Status of parliament: Lower Chamber
Statutory number of members: 513
Directly elected
Electoral quota for women: Yes. Legislated candidate
quotas. Electoral law guarantees that lists contain a
minimum of 30% of candidates of each sex.
Legal source: Cf. Law 9.504/1997 amended by law
12.034/2009.
DATE WOMEN %
2018-10
2016-12
2015-02
2014-12
2014-10
2010-10
2008-01
2007-01
2006-01
2002-10
1998-10
1994-10
1990-10
1986-11
1982-11
1978-09
1974-11
1970-11
1966-11
1962-11
1958-10
1954-10
1950-10
1945-12
77
55
51
46
51
44
45
46
45
44
29
36
28
26
7
4
1
1
5
2
3
1
1
0
15.01%
10.72%
9.94%
8.97%
9.94%
8.58%
8.77%
8.97%
8.77%
8.58%
5.65%
7.02%
5.57%
5.34%
1.46%
0.95%
0.27%
0.32%
1.22%
0.49%
0.92%
0.31%
0.33%
0%
Chamber name: Senado Federal (Federal Senate)
Structure & Status of parliament: Upper Chamber
Statutory number of members: 81
Electoral quota for women: Yes. Legislated candidate quotas.
Electoral law guarantees that lists contain a minimum of 30%
of candidates of each sex.
Legal source: Cf. Law 9.504/1997 amended by law
12.034/2009.
DATE WOMEN %
2018-10
2016-12
2015-02
2014-10
2010-01
2006-12
2006-10
2002-10
1994-10
1990-10
1982-11
1978-09
1945-12
12
12
13
11
13
10
12
10
6
2
0
1
0
14.81%
14.81%
16.05%
13.58%
16.05%
12.35%
14.81%
12.35%
7.41%
2.47%
0%
1.49%
0%
The right to vote and to stand for election was conquered in 1932 and incorporated into the 1934 Constitution as optional.
In 1933, Carlota Pereira de Queirós (1892-1982), a physician from the state of São Paulo, became the first woman elected to
the Chamber of Deputies (Eduardo Soares). Only the 1965 Electoral Code will equate the female vote with that of men.
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