THE MILITARY RÉGIME (1964-1985)
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Electoral legislation - In the period between João Goulart's deposition (1964) and Tancredo Neves' election (1985), the electoral legislation was characterized by a series of institutional acts, constitutional amendments, laws and decree laws through which the military régime controlled the electoral process according to its interests, seeking to establish the order intended by the movement of 1964 and to obtain a majority favorable to the government. With this goal, the régime altered the duration of mandates; annulled political rights; called indirect elections for President of the Republic, state and territory Governors, and mayors of spring water municipalities and those considered of interest to the national security; instituted ex officio candidacies, the bound vote and "subparties"; and altered the calculation of the number of deputies in the Chamber, at times according to the population, others to the electorate, privileging politically inferior states to the prejudice of those traditionally more expressive, thus reinforcing the government's discretionary power.