1883 Riograndense general election (Rags to Riches)

The 1883 Riograndense general election was held on August 12, 1883 to elect the country's eight president and Chamber of Deputies. The election was the first held after the collapse of the Liberal Consensus, as the Liberal Party was now firmly placed on the left because of the split of the conservative-liberals into the Moderate Liberal Party. This campaign was largely fought over the legacy of President Martins, whose vision of industrializing the country had left the country divided.

The election resulted in a win for the now center-left Liberal Party of its conservative foes, marking the continuation of Martins' policies under his vice-president and successor Eugénio Wagner Souza. However, this also led to the rise of a true opposition to the country's industrialization in the figure of the Moderate Liberal Party. Meanwhile, the National Party adopted a far-right platform that advocated nativism, reactionism, and clericalism.