List of political parties in Brazil

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This article lists political parties in Brazil.

Brazil has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Summary of parliamentary parties 1.2 Major parties 1.3 Minor Parties 1.4 Non registered 1.5 Recently absorbed 1.6 Historical Parties 2 See also

The parties

Summary of parliamentary parties

• Brazilian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro)
• Brazilian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Brasileiro)
• Christian Social Party (Partido Social Cristão)
• Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil)
• Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista)
• Democratic Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Democrático, now defunct)
• Green Party (Partido Verde)
• Liberal Party (Partido Liberal)
• Party of National Mobilization (Partido da Mobilização Nacional)
• Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro)
• Party of the Brazilian Social Democracy (Partido da Social-Democracia Brasileira)
• Party of the Liberal Front (Partido da Frente Liberal)
• Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional)
• Progressive Party (Partido Progressista)
• Social Democratic Christian Party (Partido Social-Democrata Cristão)
• Social Labour Party (Partido Social Trabalhista, now defunct)
• Social Liberal Party (Partido Social Liberal)
• Socialist People's Party (Partido Popular Socialista)
• Socialism and Freedom Party (Partido do Socialismo e da Liberdade)
• Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores)

Major parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideological Position	Number
PCdoB	Partido Comunista do Brasil	Communist Party of Brazil	extreme left	65
PDT	Partido Democrático Trabalhista	Democratic Labour Party	center-left	12
PPS	Partido Popular Socialista	Socialist People's Party	center-left	23
PSB	Partido Socialista Brasileiro	Brazilian Socialist Party	left	40
PT	Partido dos Trabalhadores	Workers' Party	left	13
PMDB	Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro	Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement	center	15
PTB	Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Labour Party	center-right	14
PSDB	Partido da Social-Democracia Brasileira	Party of the Brazilian Social Democracy	center-right	45
PFL	Partido da Frente Liberal	Party of the Liberal Front	right	25
PP	Partido Progressista	Progressive Party	right	11
PL	Partido Liberal	Liberal Party	center	22

Minor Parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideological Position	Number
PAN	Partido dos Aposentados da Nação	Party of the Nation's Retirees	center	26
PCB	Partido Comunista Brasileiro	Brazilian Communist Party	extreme left	21
PCO	Partido da Causa Operária	Party of the Working Class's Cause	extreme left	29
PHS	Partido Humanista da Solidariedade	Humanist Party of Solidarity	center	31
PMN	Partido da Mobilização Nacional	Party of National Mobilization	center	33
PRTB	Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Renewal Labour Party	center	28
PSOL	Partido Socialismo e Liberdade	Socialism and Freedom Party	extreme left	50
PSTU	Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado	United Socialist Workers' Party	extreme left	16
PTdoB	Partido Trabalhista do Brasil	Labour Party of Brazil	center	70
PTN	Partido Trabalhista Nacional	National Labour Party	center	19
PSC	Partido Socialista Cristão	Christian Social Party	center	20
PSDC	Partido Social-Democrata Cristão	Social Democratic Christian Party	center	27
PSL	Partido Social Liberal	Social Liberal Party	center	17
PRP	Partido Republicano Progressista	Republican Progressive Party	right	44
Prona	Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional	Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order	extreme right	56
PV	Partido Verde	Green Party	center-left	43

Non registered

Waiting for registration in the Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral)

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Ideological Position
PCML	Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista	Marxist-Leninist Communist Party	extreme left
PNC	Partido Nacional do Consumidor	National Consumers' Party	center
PF	Partido Federalista	Federalist Party	center
PSN	Partido da Solidariedade Nacional	Party of the National Solidarity	center

Recently absorbed

Incorporated by other parties

Siglum	Name (Portuguese)	Name (English)	Absorbed by
PGT	Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores	General Party of the Workers	PL
PSD	Partido Socialista Democrático	Democratic Socialist Party	PTB
PST	Partido Social Trabalhista	Social Labour Party	PL

Historical Parties

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See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Liberalism in Brazil

Siglum	<p align="center">Name (Portuguese)	<p align="center">Name (English)	<p align="center">Ideological Position
AIB	Ação Integralista Brasileira	Brazilian Integralist Action	extreme right
ARENA	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	National Renewal Alliance	right
MDB	Movimento Democrático Brasileiro	Brazilian Democratic Movement	center-left
PTB	Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro	Brazilian Labour Party	left
PSD	Partido Social Democrático	Social Democratic Party	center-right
UDN	União Democrática Nacional	National Democratic Union	right