Avante (political party)
Avante Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | |
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Leader | Luis Henrique Resende |
Founded | 1989 |
Headquarters | Brasillia, Brazil |
Ideology | Populism Social democracy |
Political position | Centre |
National affiliation | Brazil can do more |
Colours | Green, Yellow, Blue, & White |
TSE Identification Number | 70 |
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]