List of political parties in Brazil

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This article lists political parties in Brazil.

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

1 The parties
2 See also

[edit] The parties

[edit] Summary of parliamentary parties

Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro)
Brazilian Labour Party (Partido 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)
Liberal Front Party (Partido da Frente Liberal)
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)
Progressive Party (Partido Progressista)
Democratic Mobilization (Mobilização Democrática) - result of the merger between the Socialist People's Party (Partido Popular Socialista), the Humanist Party of Solidarity (Partido Humanista da Solidariedade) and the Party of National Mobilization (Partido da Mobilização Nacional)
Socialism and Freedom Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade)
Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores)
Brazilian Renewal Labour Party (Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro)
Labour Party of Brazil (Partido Trabalhista do Brasil)

[edit] Major parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Number
PFL	Partido da Frente Liberal	Liberal Front Party	Christian Democracy, Liberal conservatism	25
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
PT	Partido dos Trabalhadores	Workers' Party	Democratic Socialism, Social-Democracy	13

[edit] Medium-size parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Number
MD	Mobilização Democrática	Democratic Mobilization	Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Centrism	33
PCdoB	Partido Comunista do Brasil	Communist Party of Brazil	Marxism-Leninism	65
PDT	Partido Democrático Trabalhista	Democratic Labour Party	Democratic Socialism, Nationalism	12
PR	Partido da República	Republic Party	Populism, Centrism, Nationalism	22
PP	Partido Progressista	Progressive Party	Liberal conservatism, Populism	11
PSB	Partido Socialista Brasileiro	Brazilian Socialist Party	Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism	40
PTB	Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Labour Party	Populism, Conservatism, Nationalism	14
PV	Partido Verde	Green Party	Green Movement, Social Democracy	43

[edit] Minor parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Number
PRB	Partido Republicano Brasileiro	Brazilian Republican Party	Centrism,Populism	10
PSC	Partido Social Cristão	Christian Social Party	Christian Democracy, Centrism	20
PSOL	Partido Socialismo e Liberdade	Socialism and Freedom Party	Socialism, Trotskyism	50
PRTB	Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Renewal Labour Party	Centrism, Populism	28
PTdoB	Partido Trabalhista do Brasil	Labour Party of Brazil	Centrism	70
PTC	Partido Trabalhista Cristão	Christian Labour Party	Christian Democracy, Liberal conservatism	36

[edit] Non-parliamentary parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Number
PCB	Partido Comunista Brasileiro	Brazilian Communist Party	Marxism-Leninism	21
PCO	Partido da Causa Operária	Party of the Working Class's Cause	Marxism-Leninism, Trotskyism	29
PRP	Partido Republicano Progressista	Progressive Republican Party</td>	Populism, Conservatism	44
PSDC	Partido Social Democrata Cristão	Social Democratic Christian Party	Christian Democracy	27
PSL	Partido Social Liberal	Social Liberal Party	Liberalism, Social liberalism	17
PSTU	Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado	United Socialist Workers' Party	Marxism-Leninism, Trotskyism	16
PTN	Partido Trabalhista Nacional	National Labour Party	Centrism, Nationalism	19

[edit] Non-registered

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	Centrism
PF	Partido Federalista	Federalist Party	Federalism, Paleoconservatism, Libertarianism
PSN	Partido da Solidariedade Nacional	Party of the National Solidarity	Centrism
PH	Partido Humanista	Humanist Party	Humanist International
P-LIB	Partido Libertário Brasileiro	Brazilian Libertarian Party	Libertarianism

[edit] Recently absorbed

Incorporated by other parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Absorbed by
PAN	Partido dos Aposentados da Nação	Party of the Nation's Retirees	Centrism	PTB
PGT	Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores	General Party of the Workers	Centrism, Social Democracy	PL (now PR)
PSD	Partido Social Democrático	Social Democratic Party	Centrism, Social Democracy	PTB
PST	Partido Social Trabalhista	Social Labour Party	Centrism	PL (now PR)

[edit] Parties recently merged

With the start of the validity of the "Law of Barrier Clause", parties that didn´t won 5% of the national vote to the Chamber of Deputies, with at least 2% in 9 states of the federation, will suffer severe restrictions: they won´t have the right to constitute a parliamentary bloc, have a speaker or receive funds from the "Partidary Fund".

In order to achieve the minimal requirements to break the "barrier clause", some parties started processes of merging.

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideology	Constituting parties
MD	Mobilização Democrática	Democratic Mobilization	Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Centrism	PPS, PMN, PHS
PR	Partido da República	Republic Party	Populism, Centrism, Nationalism	PL, PRONA, PTdoB

[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	Fascism, 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	Liberalism, Conservatism	1945-1966
PSP	Partido Social Progresista	Progressive Social Party	Populism, Conservatism	1945-1966
ARENA	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	National Renewal Alliance	Conservatism, Nationalism	1966-1979
MDB	Movimento Democrático Brasileiro	Brazilian Democratic Movement	Centrism	1966-1979
PRN	Partido da Reconstrução Nacional	National Reconstruction Party	Centrism, Liberal conservatism	1989-2000
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, Liberal conservatism, Christian Democracy	1993-1995