List of political parties in Brazil

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Above the broad range of political parties in Brazilian Parliament since there is no election threshold, the Workers' Party (PT), the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and the Democrats (DEM) together control the absolute majority of seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies,^[1] and effectively have dominated Brazilian political landscape since the return of democracy in 1985. Smaller parties often make alliances with at least one of these four major parties.

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.

• 17 seats: PMDB
• 14 seats: PT
• 12 seats: PSDB
• 6 seats: PDT, PSB
• 5 seats: DEM, PP
• 4 seats: PR, PSD
• 3 seats: PTB
• 1 seat: PCdoB, PRB, PPS, PSC, PSOL

In the Chamber of Deputies

As of May 2015 ^[2]

• 65 seats: PMDB
• 59 seats: PT
• 48 seats: PSDB, PP
• 34 seats: PSD, PR
• 32 seats: PSB
• 27 seats: DEM
• 20 seats: PRB
• 19 seats: PTB, PDT
• 18 seats: SD
• 15 seats: PSC
• 13 seats: PCdoB
• 11 seats: PPS
• 8 seats: PV
• 6 seats: PSOL
• 5 seats: PHS, PROS
• 4 seats: PTN
• 3 seats: PMN, PRP
• 2 seats: PEN, PSDC, PTC, PTdoB, PMB
• 1 seat: PRTB, PSL

Current parties

Non-registered

Waiting for registration in the Superior Electoral Court

Former

Recently absorbed or merged parties

Historical

See also

• Brazilian general election, 2010
• List of political parties by country
• Liberalism in Brazil

References

Political parties in Brazil
Political parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (513 seats)	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (68) Workers' Party (57) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (51) Progressive Party (47) Party of the Republic (40) Social Democratic Party (36) Brazilian Socialist Party (31) Democrats (29) Brazilian Republican Party (22) Democratic Labour Party (19) Brazilian Labour Party (19) Solidarity (14) National Labour Party (13) Communist Party of Brazil (10) Popular Socialist Party (9) Social Christian Party (8) Humanist Party of Solidarity (7) Green Party (7) Republican Party of the Social Order (6) Socialism and Liberty Party (6) Sustainability Network (4) Labour Party of Brazil (3) National Ecologic Party (3) Social Liberal Party (2) Party of the Brazilian Woman (1)
Political parties represented in the Senate of Brazil (81 seats)	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (18) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (11) Workers' Party (11) Brazilian Socialist Party (7) Progressive Party (6) Democrats (4) Party of the Republic (4) Social Democratic Party (4) Brazilian Labour Party (3) Democratic Labour Party (3) Christian Labour Party (1) Popular Socialist Party (1) Communist Party of Brazil (1) Brazilian Republican Party (1) Social Christian Party (1) Green Party (1) Sustainability Network (1)
Political parties not represented in the National Congress of Brazil	Brazilian Communist Party Brazilian Labour Renewal Party Christian Labour Party Christian Social Democratic Party Free Homeland Party National Mobilization New Party Progressive Republican Party Revolutionary Communist Party United Socialist Workers' Party Workers' Cause Party
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