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Political party in Brazil
Christian Democracy Democracia Cristã
AbbreviationDC
PresidentJosé Maria Eymael
General SecretaryRubens Pavão
Founded30 March 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-30)
Registered5 August 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-05)
Preceded byChristian Democratic Party
HeadquartersAv. Padre Pereira de Andrade, 758, Boaçava, São Paulo
Think tankFundação Democrata Cristã
Youth wingDC Jovem
Women's wingDC Mulher
Membership (2023)Decrease 171,465
IdeologyChristian democracy
Political positionCentre-right
Colors  Azure
  Royal blue
  Gold
Slogan"Commitment to the Family"
Electoral number27
Legislative Assemblies1 / 1,024
Mayors2 / 5,568
Municipal Chambers123 / 58,043
Party flag
Website
democraciacrista.org.br

Christian Democracy (Portuguese: Democracia Cristã, DC) is a Christian democratic political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata Cristão, PSDC), and was officially registered in 1997. the party is presided by José Maria Eymael, who has competed the presidential elections six times. In 2017, it changed its name to the current one.

The PSDC was established to be a continuation of the Christian Democratic Party, which had merged with the Democratic Social Party to form the Reform Progressive Party in 1993.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Running mate Colligation First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1998 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) Josmar Oliveira Alderete (PSDC) None 171,831 0.25% (#9) - - Lost Red XN
2002 None* None None - - - - -
2006 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) José Paulo da Silva Neto (PSDC) None 63,294 0.07% (#6) - - Lost Red XN
2010 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) José Paulo da Silva Neto (PSDC) None 89,350 0.09% (#5) - - Lost Red XN
2014 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) Roberto Lopes (PSDC) None 61,250 0.06% (#9) - - Lost Red XN
2018 José Maria Eymael (DC) Hélvio Costa (DC) None 41,710 0.04% (#12) - - Lost Red XN
2022 José Maria Eymael (DC) João Barbosa Bravo (DC) None 16,604 0,01 (#11) - - Lost Red XN
Source: Election Resources: Federal Elections in Brazil – Results Lookup

*DC supported José Serra (PSDB) and Rita Camata (PMDB) in the second round of 2002 general elections.

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Role in government
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
1998 62,057 0.09% 0 / 513 New 114,573 0.19% 0 / 81 New Extra-parliamentary
2002 192,546 0.22% 1 / 513 Increase 1 29,768 0.03% 0 / 81 Steady 0 Independent
2006 354,217 0.38% 0 / 513 Decrease 1 53,025 0.06% 0 / 81 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2010 191,835 0.20% 0 / 513 Steady 0 73,227 0.04% 0 / 81 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2014 509,936 0.52% 2 / 513 Increase 2 31,011 0.03% 0 / 81 Steady 0 Independent
2018 369,386 0.38% 1 / 513 Decrease 1 154,068 0.09% 0 / 81 Steady 0 Opposition
2022 138,818 0.13% 0 / 513 Decrease 1 101,722 0.10% 0 / 81 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. "Filiação partidária mensal". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. "Raio-X das eleições: Leia como serão as assembleias em 2023". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 11 October 2022.
  3. "Relembre quantos prefeitos e vereadores cada partido elegeu em 2020". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 6 October 2023.
  4. "DEM, PP e PSD aumentam número de vereadores no Brasil; MDB, PT, PSDB, PDT e PSB registram redução". G1 (in Portuguese). 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ Jorge, Vladimyr Lombardo. "PARTIDO SOCIAL DEMOCRATA CRISTÃO (PSDC)". FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese).
  6. "Partidos políticos registrados no TSE". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. "Democracia Cristã oficializa José Maria Eymael para concorrer à Presidência da República". G1 (in Portuguese). 28 July 2018.
  8. "PSDC pede ao TSE mudança de nome para Democracia Cristã". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). 9 August 2017.

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