Christian Democracy (Brazil)

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Christian Democracy Democracia Cristã

President	José Maria Eymael
Founded	March 30, 1995
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Membership	186,223^[1]
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Regional affiliation	Christian Democrat Organization of America (observer)
Colours	Blue, Yellow, White
Website
www.democraciacrista.org.br
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The Christian Democracy (Brazilian Portuguese: Democracia Cristã, DC) is a Christian democratic political party in Brazil. It was founded on March 30, 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (Brazilian Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata Cristão, PSDC), elected mayors and council members in 1996, and was officially registered on the Superior Electoral Court on August 5, 1997.^[2] It uses the TSE Identification Number 27.

At the legislative elections, 6 October 2002, the party won 1 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. The party lost all representation in the Congress in the 2006 elections.

On 3 August 2017, the party changed its name to the current Christian Democracy.^[3]

Electoral results[]

Election	Candidate	Running mate	Colligation	First round		Second round		Result
Election	Candidate	Running mate	Colligation	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
1998	José Maria Eymael (PSDC)	(PSDC)	None	171,831	0.25% (#9)	-	-	Lost N
2002	None*	None	None	-	-	-	-	-
2006	José Maria Eymael (PSDC)	(PSDC)	None	63,294	0.07% (#6)	-	-	Lost N
2010	José Maria Eymael (PSDC)	(PSDC)	None	89,350	0.09% (#5)	-	-	Lost N
2014	José Maria Eymael (PSDC)	(PSDC)	None	61,250	0.06% (#9)	-	-	Lost N
2018	José Maria Eymael (DC)	Hélvio Costa (DC)	None	41,710	0.04% (#12)	-	-	Lost N
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.

References[]

^ http://inter04.tse.jus.br/ords/dwtse/f?p=2001:104:::NO^{[permanent dead link]}:::
^ "Sobre Nós" (in Portuguese). psdc.org.br. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
^ "PSDC vai ao TSE para se tornar o "Democracia Cristã"".

External links[]

Official website

Preceded by 25 - DEM 26 - PNR (PAN) - defunct	Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties 27 - CD (DC)	Succeeded by 28 - BLRP (PRTB)

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