THE CREATION OF THE ELECTORAL JUSTICE
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Secret ballot - The Code introduced the secret ballot, the feminine vote and the system of proportional representation in two simultaneous rounds. For the first time, the electoral legislation made reference to political parties, but independent candidacies were still admitted. This code already planned the use of the voting machine, which only came to be in the 90's.

The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 demanded the convocation of a national Constituent Assembly, which was done by Decree No. 22621/1933; in addition to the deputies elected in the form prescribed by the Electoral Code, it established other 40 representatives to be chosen by unions legally recognized and by associations of independent professionals and public servants.

This was known as the labor representation.

The advances in the electoral legislation were included in the Constitution of 1934, even the labor vote, which was rejected by the Electoral Justice. Around the same time, President Getúlio Vargas was elected through indirect elections, as regulated by the Constitution.

Criticism against the Electoral Code of 1932 led to the promulgation of the second code in 1935, Law No. 48, which replaced the first one without altering the conquests achieved until then.