1960 Brazilian presidential election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Brazil

|flag_year = 1960

| type = presidential

| previous_election = 1955 Brazilian presidential election

| previous_year = 1955

| next_election = 1964 Brazilian presidential election

| next_year = 1964

| election_date = 3 October 1960

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Janio1.jpg

| nominee1 = Jânio Quadros

| party1 = National Labour Party (Brazil, 1945–1965)

| popular_vote1 = 5,636,623

| percentage1 = 48.26%

| image2 = Henrique Batista Duffles Teixeira Lott, Marechal, Ministro da Guerra. (cropped).tif

| nominee2 = Henrique Teixeira Lott

| party2 = Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 1945–65)

| popular_vote2 = 3,846,825

| percentage2 = 32.94%

| image3 = Ademar Pereira de Barros, Governador de São Paulo (cropped).tif

| nominee3 = Adhemar de Barros

| party3 = Social Progressive Party

| popular_vote3 = 2,195,709

| percentage3 = 18.80%

| map_image = 1960 Brazilian Election Map by Winning Canidate Percentage.svg

| title = President

| before_election = Juscelino Kubitschek

| before_party = Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 1945-65)

| after_election = Jânio Quadros

| after_party = National Labour Party (Brazil, 1945–1965)

}}

{{Politics of Brazil}}

Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1960.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}} Jânio Quadros of the National Labour Party (PTN), helming a coalition of the PTN, the National Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic Party, won a sweeping victory, taking 48.3% of the vote. Voter turnout was 81%.Nohlen, p232

Quadros' victory was the largest of any free election in Brazilian history at the time; the 16 percent margin of victory would remain a record until Fernando Henrique Cardoso won by 27 points in 1994. The election marked the first time in 31 years that the presidency had not been won by an heir to the legacy of Getúlio Vargas.

This would be the last direct presidential election held in Brazil until 1989.