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Avante (political party)

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Avante
Partido Trabalhista do Brasil
LeaderLuis Henrique Resende
Founded1989
HeadquartersBrasillia, Brazil
IdeologyPopulism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre
National affiliationBrazil can do more
ColoursGreen, Yellow, Blue, & White
TSE Identification Number70
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
3 / 513
Seats in the Senate
0 / 81
Local government
535 / 56,810
Website
ptdob.org.br

The Labour Party of Brazil (Template:Lang-pt, PTdoB) is a tiny populist centrist Brazilian political party.

It was founded in 1989 by dissidents of the Brazilian Labour Party and is a minor force in Brazilian politics. In 1998, the party chose João de Deus Barbosa as its Presidential candidate; he received 200,000 votes (0.2%). In the parliamentary election of 2006, the party elected one representative to the Federal Chamber, and had 0.3% of the national votes (311,000 votes) for the parliament. In the parliamentary election of 2010 this increased to three representatives and 0.7% of the national vote (642,422 votes). At the 2014 election, the party won two seats and 0.85% of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies; it gained one seat following the defection of Silvio Costa from the Social Christian Party. The party has 534 local councillors and controls 26 mayoralties.[citation needed]

Preceded by Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
70 - LPB (PTdoB)
Succeeded by
77 - SDD