Governism, ballot and vote: coup alternatives to the crisis on 1954-1955

Author(s)

Juliana de Souza Oliveira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2019-05-29

Examining board members

Fernando de Magalhaes Papaterra Limongi; Andréa Marcondes de Freitas; Jairo César Marconi Nicolau

• Advisor: Fernando de Magalhaes Papaterra Limongi

Abstract

The objective of this dissertation is to investigate the political and institutional process that resulted, in 1954, to the approval of the electoral reform that introduced the unique voting ballot in the presidential elections that elected Juscelino Kubitschek. The dissertation argues that the contextualization of the decision, by the new voting method, offers elements to understand the controversial episode known as \"Marshal Lott\'s coup\" that secured the winner\'s ternure. The material analyzed consists of electoral legislation, proposals for electoral reforms and the narrative of government\'s and opposition\'s leaders. It is concluded that by choosing a new method of voting, the official ballot should be taken as a case of electoral reform that expresses the emergence of a competitive dynamic in the Third Brazilian Republic. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/04347-3 - Parties, preferences and strategies in legislative: electoral reforms in the Third Republic (1945-1964)
• Grantee: Juliana de Souza Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master