List of political parties in Brazil

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brazil

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Brazil

Constitution National Congress Federal Senate Chamber of Deputies Executive Office President Vice President Chief of Staff Supreme Federal Tribunal Political Parties in Brazil Elections in Brazil Gun referendum 2006 general States Governors Human Rights Foreign Relations

Other countries · Politics Portal view • talk • edit

This article lists political parties in Brazil.

Brazil has a multi-party system with numerous political parties sharing the vote, in which no single party often has a chance of gaining power alone, so that they must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Summary of parliamentary parties 1.2 Major parties 1.3 Medium-size parties 1.4 Minor parties 1.5 Non-registered parties 1.6 Recently absorbed or merged parties 1.7 Historical parties 2 See also

[edit] The parties

[edit] Summary of parliamentary parties

• Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro)
• Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro)
• Brazilian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro)
• Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro)
• Brazilian Republican Party (Partido Republicano Brasileiro)
• Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Partido da Social-Democracia Brasileira)
• Brazilian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Brasileiro)
• Christian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Cristão)
• Christian Social Party (Partido Social Cristão)
• Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil)
• Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista)
• Green Party (Partido Verde)
• Humanist Party of Solidarity (Partido Humanista da Solidariedade)
• Labour Party of Brazil (Partido Trabalhista do Brasil)
• Liberal Front Party (Partido da Frente Liberal, to be renamed Democrats, Democratas)
• Party of National Mobilization (Partido da Mobilização Nacional)
• Progressive Party (Partido Progressista)
• Republic Party (Partido da República) - result of the merger between the Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) and the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional)
• Socialism and Freedom Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade)
• Socialist People's Party (Partido Popular Socialista)
• Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores)

[edit] Major parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Number
PT	Partido dos Trabalhadores	Workers' Party	Democratic Socialism, Social democracy	13
PMDB	Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	Centrism, Populism	15
PSDB	Partido da Social-Democracia Brasileira	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	Social democracy, Centrism	45
PFL (DEM)	Partido da Frente Liberal (Democratas)	Liberal Front Party (Democrats)	Christian Democracy, Liberal conservatism	25

[edit] Medium-size parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Number
PR	Partido da República	Republic Party	Populism, Centrism, Nationalism	22
PP	Partido Progressista	Progressive Party	Conservatism, Populism	11
PSB	Partido Socialista Brasileiro	Brazilian Socialist Party	Social democracy, Democratic socialism	40
PDT	Partido Democrático Trabalhista	Democratic Labour Party	Democratic socialism, Nationalism	12
PTB	Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Labour Party	Populism, Conservatism, Nationalism	14
PPS	Partido Popular Socialista	Socialist People´s Party	Democratic Socialism	23
PV	Partido Verde	Green Party	Ecology, Social democracy	43
PCdoB	Partido Comunista do Brasil	Communist Party of Brazil	Marxism-Leninism, Nationalism	65
PSC	Partido Social Cristão	Christian Social Party	Christian Democracy, Centrism	20

[edit] Minor parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Number
PSOL	Partido Socialismo e Liberdade	Socialism and Freedom Party	Socialism, Trotskyism	50
PMN	Partido da Mobilização Nacional	Party of National Mobilization	Social-Democracy, Centrism	33
PTC	Partido Trabalhista Cristão	Christian Labour Party	Christian Democracy, Populism	36
PHS	Partido Humanista da Solidariedade	Humanist Party of Solidarity	Centrism, Christian Democracy	31
PSDC	Partido Social Democrata Cristão	Christian Social Democratic Party	Christian Democracy	27
PTdoB	Partido Trabalhista do Brasil	Labour Party of Brazil	Centrism	70
PRB	Partido Republicano Brasileiro	Brazilian Republican Party	Centrism, Populism	10
PRP	Partido Republicano Progressista	Progressive Republican Party	Populism, Conservatism	44
PSL	Partido Social Liberal	Social Liberal Party	Social liberalism	17
PRTB	Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	Centrism, Populism	28
PTN	Partido Trabalhista Nacional	National Labour Party	Centrism, Nationalism	19
PSTU	Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado	United Socialist Workers' Party	Marxism-Leninism, Trotskyism	16
PCB	Partido Comunista Brasileiro	Brazilian Communist Party	Marxism-Leninism	21
PCO	Partido da Causa Operária	Workers' Cause Party	Marxism-Leninism, Trotskyism	29

[edit] Non-registered parties

Waiting for registration in the Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral)

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology
PCML	Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista	Marxist-Leninist Communist Party	Marxism-Leninism
PNC	Partido Nacional do Consumidor	National Consumers' Party	Consumer protection
PF	Partido Federalista	Federalist Party	Federalism, Paleoconservatism, Libertarianism
PSN	Partido da Solidariedade Nacional	Party of the National Solidarity	Centrism
PH	Partido Humanista	Humanist Party	Humanism
P-LIB	Partido Libertário Brasileiro	Brazilian Libertarian Party	Libertarianism

[edit] Recently absorbed or merged parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Merged in	Year
PSD	Partido Social Democrático	Social Democratic Party	Centrism, Social democracy	PTB	2002
PGT	Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores	General Party of the Workers	Centrism, Social democracy	PL	2002
PST	Partido Social Trabalhista	Social Labour Party	Centrism	PL	2002
PAN	Partido dos Aposentados da Nação	Party of the Nation's Retirees	Centrism	PTB	2006
PL	Partido Liberal	Liberal Party	Centrism, Populism	PR	2006
PRONA	Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional	Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order	Nationalism, Populism	PR	2006

[edit] Historical parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Lifetime
PCB	Partido Comunista Brasileiro	Brazilian Communist Party	Communism, Marxism-Leninism	1922-1992
AIB	Ação Integralista Brasileira	Brazilian Integralist Action	Integralism	1933-1938
PTB	Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Labour Party	Populism, Nationalism, Socialism	1945-1966
PSD	Partido Social Democrático	Social Democratic Party	Populism, Conservatism	1945-1966
UDN	União Democrática Nacional	National Democratic Union	Liberal conservatism	1945-1966
PSP	Partido Social Progresista	Progressive Social Party	Populism, Conservatism	1945-1966
ARENA	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	National Renewal Alliance Party	Conservatism, Nationalism	1966-1979
MDB	Movimento Democrático Brasileiro	Brazilian Democratic Movement	Centrism	1966-1979
PDS	Partido Democrata Social	Democratic Social Party	Conservatism	1979-1993
PDC	Partido Democrata Cristão	Christian Democratic Party	Christian Democracy, Conservatism	1988-1993
PPR	Partido Progresista Reformador	Reform Progressive Party	Conservatism, Christian Democracy	1993-1995
PRN	Partido da Reconstrução Nacional	National Reconstruction Party	Centrism, Populism	1989-2000

[edit] See also

• Brazilian general election, 2006
• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Liberalism in Brazil

 

Political parties in Brazil
Congress: PT | PMDB | PSDB | PFL | PP | PSB | PDT | PTB | PL | PPS | PV | PCdoB | PSC | P-SOL | PRONA