List of political parties in Brazil

Above the broad range of political parties in Brazilian Congress, the Workers' Party (PT), the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), Liberal Party (PL), the Progressistas (PP) and the Brazil Union (UB) together control the absolute majority of seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.[1] Smaller parties often make alliances with at least one of these four major parties.[2]

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Since 1982 Brazilian political parties have been given an electoral number to make it easier for illiterate people to vote. Initially, it was a one-digit number: 1 for PDS, 2 for PDT, 3 for PT, 4 for PTB, and 5 for PMDB. When it became clear that there was going to be more than nine parties, two-digit numbers were assigned, with the first five parties having a "1" added to their former one-digit number (PDS becoming number 11, PDT 12, PT 13, PTB 14, and PMDB 15). Often political parties change their names but retain their number.

Current parties
Party Abbr. TSE № Founded Deputies Senators Membership Ideology Position
Brazilian Democratic Movement
Movimento Democrático Brasileiro		MDB15 1965
34 / 513
16 / 81
 2,163,568 Big tent[3][4]
Populism
Economic liberalism[5]		 Centre[6] to
centre-right[7]
Workers' Party
Partido dos Trabalhadores		PT13 1980
53 / 513
7 / 81
 1,535,153 Social democracy[8]
Left-wing populism[9]
Lulism[10]		 Centre-left[11][12]
to left-wing[13][14]
Brazilian Social Democracy Party
Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira		PSDB45 1988
32 / 513
6 / 81
 1,379,341 Third Way[15] Centre[16][17] to centre-right[18][19]
Progressives
Progressistas		PP11 1995
42 / 513
7 / 81
 1,341,920 Conservative liberalism[20][21]
National conservatism[22]
Brazilian nationalism[23][22]		 Centre-right[20] to right-wing[24]
Democratic Labour Party
Partido Democrático Trabalhista		PDT12 1979
25 / 513
3 / 81
 1,162,350 Brazilian nationalism
Democratic socialism[25]
Left-wing nationalism[25]		 Centre-left[26]
to left-wing[27]
Brazilian Labour Party
Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro		PTB14 1981
10 / 513
0 / 81
 1,092,097 Social conservatism[28]
Economic liberalism[28]
Right-wing populism[29]		 Centre-right[28]
to right-wing[27]
Brazil Union
União Brasil		UNIÃO44 2022
81 / 513
7 / 81
 1,085,204 Liberal conservatism[30][31]
Economic liberalism[32]		 Centre-right to right-wing[30][33][34][35]
Liberal Party
Partido Liberal		PL22 2006
43 / 513
6 / 81
 771,584 Conservatism[36][37][38]
Economic liberalism
Right-wing populism		 Centre-right[42] to right-wing[46]
Brazilian Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Brasileiro		PSB40 1985
30 / 513
0 / 81
 641,410 Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Social democracy		 Centre-left[26]
to left-wing[27]
Republicans
Republicanos		10 2005
31 / 513
1 / 81
 478,721 Social conservatism[28]
Civic nationalism

Christian democracy

 Right-wing[27]
Citizenship
Cidadania		23 1992
7 / 513
3 / 81
 459,016 Social liberalism
Third Way		 Centre[47] to Centre-left[26]
Communist Party of Brazil
Partido Comunista do Brasil		PCdoB65 1962
8 / 513
0 / 81
 416,147 Communism
Marxism–Leninism[48]		 Far-left[49]
We Can
Podemos		PODE19 1945
11 / 513
9 / 81
 409,162 Populism

Direct democracy[50][51]

 Centre to centre-right
Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrático		PSD55 2011
35 / 513
11 / 81
 406,640 Liberalism

Federalism

 Centre[52] to centre-right[53]
Green Party
Partido Verde		PV43 1986
4 / 513
0 / 81
 365,560 Green politics

Federalism

 Centre to centre-left
Patriot
Patriota		51 2011
6 / 513
0 / 81
 331,715 Brazilian nationalism[54]
Christian nationalism[54]
National conservatism		Right-wing[27]
to far-right[55]
Solidarity
Solidariedade		77 2013
13 / 513
0 / 81
 252,741 Social democracy[56]
Economic interventionism[28]
Political labour[28]		 Centre[57] to centre-left[58]
Party of National Mobilization
Partido da Mobilização Nacional		PMN33 1984
0 / 513
0 / 81
 218,820 Agrarian socialism[59]
Left-wing nationalism
Social patriotism[59]		Left-wing[59]
Forward
Avante		Avante70 1989
8 / 513
0 / 81
 212,353 Third Way
Political labour[28]
Populism		 Centre[26]
Christian Labour Party
Partido Trabalhista Cristão		PTC36 1985
0 / 513
0 / 81
 189,400 Christian democracy[60]
Liberal conservatism[60]
Political labour[60]		Centre to centre-right
Socialism and Liberty Party
Partido Socialismo e Liberdade		PSOL50 2004
9 / 513
0 / 81
 186,567 Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism
Socialism of the 21st century		 Left-wing[28]
to far-left[61]
Christian Democracy
Democracia Cristã		DC27 1995
0 / 513
0 / 81
 178,534 Christian democracy[62]
Social conservatism[62]		Centre-right to right-wing[27]
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party
Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro		PRTB28 1994
0 / 513
0 / 81
 147,424 Brazilian nationalism[63]
Christian right[64]
Political labour[65]		 Right-wing[66] to far-right[63]
Republican Party of the Social Order
Partido Republicano da Ordem Social		PROS90 2010
10 / 513
3 / 81
 119,681 Third Way

Republicanism

Centrism

 Centre[27]
Party of the Brazilian Woman
Partido da Mulher Brasileira		PMB35 2015
0 / 513
0 / 81
 47,054 Paternalistic conservatism[67]
Social conservatism[67]
Women's rights[67]		 Right-wing[27]
New Party
Partido Novo		NOVO30 2011
8 / 513
0 / 81
 42,113 Classical liberalism[68][69]
Economic liberalism[68][69]
Right-libertarianism[70]		 Centre-right[26]
to right-wing[27]
Sustainability Network
Rede Sustentabilidade		REDE18 2013
1 / 513
1 / 81
 33,332 Green politics

Progressivism Environmentalism[71][72]

 Centre-left[73][74]
United Socialist Workers' Party
Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado		PSTU16 1972
0 / 513
0 / 81
 15,815 Trotskyism[75]
Socialism		Far-left[61]
Brazilian Communist Party
Partido Comunista Brasileiro		PCB21 1922
0 / 513
0 / 81
 12,755 Marxism–Leninism[76]
Revolutionary socialism		 Far-left[61]
Workers' Cause Party
Partido da Causa Operária		PCO29 1995
0 / 513
0 / 81
 4,358 Marxism[77]

Socialism[77]

Trotskyism

 Far-left[61]
Popular Unity
Unidade Popular		UP80 2016
0 / 513
0 / 81
 1,116 Left-wing nationalism
Revolutionary socialismMarxism[78]		 Far-left[79]

Non-registered


Waiting for registration in the Superior Electoral Court:

Name Abbrev. Founded Ideology Position
Alliance for Brazil
Aliança pelo Brasil		 ALIANÇA 12 November 2019

Anti-communism[80]
Anti-globalism[80]
Brazilian nationalism[81]
National conservatism[81]
Religious conservatism[81]
Right-wing populism[82]
Social conservatism[83]

Far-right
Libertarians
Libertários		 LIBER 20 June 2009
Right-wing
Democratic Nationalist Party
Partido Nacionalista Democrático		 PND 1985
Right-wing
Revolutionary Workers' Party
Partido Operário Revolucionário		 POR 1989
Far-left
Pirate Party of Brazil
Partido Pirata do Brasil		 PIRATAS 28 July 2012
Secularism[84]
Syncretic
Root Cidadanist Movement
Raiz Movimento Cidadanista		 RAIZ 2016
Left-wing

Former

Recently absorbed or merged parties


Name (Portuguese) Name (English) Abbrev. TSE number Ideology Merged with Year
Partido Social Democrático Social Democratic Party PSD 41 Centrism
Social democracy		 Brazilian Labour Party 2002
Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores General Party of the Workers PGT 30 Centrism
Social democracy		 Liberal Party 2002
Partido Social Trabalhista Social Labour Party PST 18 Centrism Liberal Party 2002
Partido dos Aposentados da Nação Party of the Nation's Retirees PAN 26 Centrism Brazilian Labour Party 2006
Partido Liberal Liberal Party PL 22 Centrism
Populism		 Liberal Party 2006
Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order PRONA 56 Nationalism
Populism		 Liberal Party 2006
Partido Republicano Progressista Progressive Republican Party PRP 44 Conservatism Patriot 2018
Partido Pátria Livre Free Fatherland Party PPL 54 Left-wing nationalism Communist Party of Brazil 2018
Partido Humanista da Solidariedade Humanist Party of Solidarity PHS 31 Christian democracy Podemos 2018
Democratas Democrats DEM 25 Liberal conservatism Social Liberal Party 2021
Partido Social Liberal Social Liberal Party PSL 17 Brazilian nationalism Democrats 2021

Historical
Name Abbrev. Active Ideology Position
Liberal Party
Partido Liberal		 None 1831–1889
Centre
Conservative Party
Partido Conservador		 None 1836–1889
Right-wing
Paulista Republican Party
Partido Republicano Paulista		 PRP 1873–1937
Centre-right
Rio-grandense Republican Party
Partido Republicano Rio-grandense		 PRR 1882–1929
Centre
Minas Republican Party
Partido Republicano Mineiro		 PRM 1888–1937
Right-wing
Liberator Party
Partido Libertador		 PL 1928–1937, 1945-1965 Federalism Centre-right
Brazilian Black Front
Frente Negra Brasileira		 FNB 1931-1938
Far-right
Brazilian Integralist Action
Ação Integralista Brasileira		 AIB 1933–1938
Far-right
Orienting Labour Party
Partido Orientador Trabalhista		 POT 1945-1951
Centre-right
Popular Representation Party
Partido de Representação Popular		 PRP 1945–1965
Far-right
Brazilian Labour Party
Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro		 PTB 1945–1965
Centre-left to left-wing
Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrático		 PSD 1945–1965
Centre to centre-right
National Democratic Union
União Democrática Nacional		 UDN 1945–1965 Conservatism Right-wing
Christian Democratic Party
Partido Democrata Cristão		 PDC 1945-66; 1985–1993
Right-wing
Republican Party
Partido Republicano		 PR 1945 - 1965 Centrism Centre
Progressive Social Party
Partido Social Progresista		 PSP 1947–1966
Centre-right
National Renewal Alliance Party
Aliança Renovadora Nacional		 ARENA 1966–1979
Far-right
Brazilian Democratic Movement
Movimento Democrático Brasileiro		 MDB 1966–1979 Centrism Centre to centre-left
Democratic Social Party
Partido Democrático Social		 PDS 1979–1993 Conservatism Right-wing
National Reconstruction Party
Partido da Reconstrução Nacional		 PRN 1989–2000
Right-wing
Reform Progressive Party
Partido Progressista Reformador		 PPR 1993–1995
Centre-right

See also

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