A concentração eleitoral no Brasil, 1994-2014

Abstract

This paper resumes the presentation of the index of electoral concentration suggested by Avelino, Biderman e Silva (2011). It also extends the original scope to include all candidates for federal deputy throughout the country for elections between 1994 and 2014. Results showed in systematic way that successful candidates are less concentrated than unsuccessful ones; a finding that contradicts approaches that assume the predominance of the personal votes in Brazilian proportional elections.