Christian Democracy (Brazil)

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
Colours Blue, Yellow, White
Website
www.democraciacrista.org.br

The Christian Democracy (Democracia Cristã, DC) is a Christian democratic political party in Brazil. It was founded on March 30, 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ http://inter04.tse.jus.br/ords/dwtse/f?p=2001:104:::NO:::
  2. ↑ "Sobre Nós" (in Portuguese). psdc.org.br. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.valor.com.br/politica/5074962/psdc-vai-ao-tse-para-se-tornar-o-democracia-crista
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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