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  • The Meaning of Electoral Fraud in Oligarchic Regimes: Lessons from the Brazilian Case (1899–1930)

  • PAOLO RICCI, JAQUELINE PORTO ZULINI
  • Journal:
    Journal of Latin American Studies / Volume 49 / Issue 2 / May 2017
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    25 July 2016, pp. 243-268
    Print publication:
    May 2017

  • What are the characteristics of pre-democratic elections? This article seeks to answer this question by analysing the Brazilian First Republic. Through an original assessment of formal complaints filed by defeated candidates in federal elections, we show that (1) political conflicts were intense and electoral fraud was a consequence of parties’ inability to monopolise the administrative machine in charge of conducting elections; (2) elections were organised by state-level parties, but voting practices were confined to local environments; and (3) voters were mobilised collectively, not individually. These three factors should be taken into account in future research on elections before democracy.