Most votes for a chimp in a political campaign

Most votes for a chimp in a political campaign
Who
Tiao
Where
Brazil (Rio de janeiro)
When
1988
In the 1988 mayoral elections campaign in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) the anti-establishment "Brazilian Banana Party" presented a chimp called Tião as their candidate. The chimpanzee came third out of twelve candidates, taking just over 400,000 votes. Tião passed away in December 1996 aged 33, at his cage in Rio's zoo.