Electoral system of Brazil
The current system is defined by the 1988 Constitution and the Electoral Code [pt] (Law No.In order to ensure that this majority is obtained in a multi-party system, the election is held in two rounds.When only one candidate must be chosen, a relative majority of votes is used with separate elections for each state.[9][12] In elections for the Chamber of Deputies and for state and municipal legislative bodies, the Constitution provides for the use of a proportional system.In addition to these restrictions, the Constitution also imposes a minimum limit of 8 and a maximum of 70 deputies for each state, defined in proportion to the population of each one.