Christian Democracy
Democracia Cristã
AbbreviationDC
PresidentJosé Maria Eymael
General SecretaryRubens Pavão
Founded30 March 1995 (1995-03-30)
Registered5 August 1997 (1997-08-05)
Preceded byChristian Democratic Party
HeadquartersAv. Padre Pereira de Andrade, 758, Boaçava, São Paulo
Think tankFundação Democrata Cristã
Youth wingDC Jovem
Women's wingDC Mulher
Membership (2022)174,806[1]
IdeologyChristian democracy
Political positionCentre-right
Colors  Azure
  Royal blue
  Gold
Slogan"Commitment to the Family"
Electoral number27
Legislative Assemblies[2]
1 / 1,024
Mayors[3]
2 / 5,568
Municipal Chambers[4]
123 / 58,043
Party flag
Website
democraciacrista.org.br

The Christian Democracy (Portuguese: Democracia Cristã, DC) is a Christian democratic political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata Cristão, PSDC),[5] and was officially registered in 1997.[6] the party is presided by José Maria Eymael, who has competed the presidential elections six times.[7] In 2017, it changed its name to the current one.[8]

The PSDC was established to be a continuation of the Christian Democratic Party, which had merged with the Democratic Social Party to form the Reform Progressive Party in 1993.[5]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Running mate Colligation First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1998 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) Josmar Oliveira Alderete (PSDC) None 171,831 0.25% (#9) - - Lost Red X
2002 None* None None - - - - -
2006 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) José Paulo da Silva Neto (PSDC) None 63,294 0.07% (#6) - - Lost Red X
2010 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) José Paulo da Silva Neto (PSDC) None 89,350 0.09% (#5) - - Lost Red X
2014 José Maria Eymael (PSDC) Roberto Lopes (PSDC) None 61,250 0.06% (#9) - - Lost Red X
2018 José Maria Eymael (DC) Hélvio Costa (DC) None 41,710 0.04% (#12) - - Lost Red X
2022 José Maria Eymael (DC) João Barbosa Bravo (DC) None 16,604 0,01 (#11) - - Lost Red X
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.

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Role in government
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
1998 62,057 0.09%
0 / 513
 New 114,573 0.19%
0 / 81
 New Extra-parliamentary
2002 192,546 0.22%
1 / 513
 Increase 1 29,768 0.03%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Independent
2006 354,217 0.38%
0 / 513
 Decrease 1 53,025 0.06%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2010 191,835 0.20%
0 / 513
 Steady 0 73,227 0.04%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2014 509,936 0.52%
2 / 513
 Increase 2 31,011 0.03%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Independent
2018 369,386 0.38%
1 / 513
 Decrease 1 154,068 0.09%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Opposition
2022 138,818 0.13%
0 / 513
 Decrease 1 101,722 0.10%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ "Filiação partidária mensal". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Raio-X das eleições: Leia como serão as assembleias em 2023". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 11 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Relembre quantos prefeitos e vereadores cada partido elegeu em 2020". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 6 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "DEM, PP e PSD aumentam número de vereadores no Brasil; MDB, PT, PSDB, PDT e PSB registram redução". G1 (in Portuguese). 17 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 Jorge, Vladimyr Lombardo. "PARTIDO SOCIAL DEMOCRATA CRISTÃO (PSDC)". FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese).
  6. ↑ "Partidos políticos registrados no TSE". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Democracia Cristã oficializa José Maria Eymael para concorrer à Presidência da República". G1 (in Portuguese). 28 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "PSDC pede ao TSE mudança de nome para Democracia Cristã". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). 9 August 2017.
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