Table 5 : Brazil, turnout figures for 1945-66: Elections for the Presidency and Chambers of Deputies

Table 5 : Brazil, turnout figures for 1945-66: Elections for the Presidency and Chambers of Deputies
Year	total population 1,000) (1)	% of registered voters / population	% of actual voters / population	actual / registered voters	% of blank and null votes / votes
Year	total population 1,000) (1)	% of registered voters / population	% of actual voters / population	actual / registered voters	presidencial elections	Chamber of Deputies
1945	46,069	16.2	13.4	83.1	2.3	3.2
1950	48.227	16.0	11.3	72.1	4.4	7.0
1954	57,226	26.4	15.9	65.5		6.6
1955	58,663	25.9	15.5	59.7	10.7
1958	63,102	21,8 (2)	20.1	92.0 (2)		9.2
1960	69,72 0	22.1	18.0	81.0	7.2
1962	74,096	25.0	19.9	79.6		17.8
1966	83,890	26.6	20.6	77.4		21.1
1) Population figures are from the Brazilian census for 1950 and 160, and projections for other years 2) the decrease in registration and increase in actual /registered voters for this year is due to a renewal of the official enrollment. Source: Brasil, Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, Dados Estatísticos, 6 Volumes, 1964. Data for 1966 are taken from Brasil, IBGE, Anuário Estatístico, 1969.