Avante ([aˈvɐ̃ntʃi], lit. 'Forward') is a centrist Brazilian political party. It was founded in 1989 by dissidents of the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) as the Labour Party of Brazil (Partido Trabalhista do Brasil, PTdoB) and is a minor force in Brazilian politics.[9]
Avante | |
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| President | Luis Tibé |
| Founded | November 1989[1] |
| Registered | 11 October 1994[2] |
| Split from | Brazilian Labour Party |
| Headquarters | Belo Horizonte, MG |
| Membership (2023) |  216,733[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | |
| Identification number | 70 |
| Federal Senate | 0 / 81 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 7 / 513 |
| Legislative Assemblies[5] | 14 / 1,024 |
| Mayors[6] | 81 / 5,568 |
| Municipal Chambers[7][8] | 1,045 / 58,208 |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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History
editIn 1998, the party chose João de Deus Barbosa as its presidential candidate; he received 200,000 votes (0.2%). In the legislative 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 legislative 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] PTdoB voted in favor of the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.
In 2017, PTdoB changed its name to Avante, Portuguese for 'Forward'. For the Brazilian general election of 2018, Avante joined the 'Sovereign Brazil' coalition, together with the Democratic Labour Party, in support of PDT candidate Ciro Gomes. Gomes obtained 12.47% of the votes, finishing third.
The party saw an increase of votes in the parliamentary vote, electing seven deputies; however, it failed to elect any senator. Following the election, Avante did not go into opposition like PDT, but remained neutral towards president Jair Bolsonaro. In the 2022 election Avante supported the centre-left candidate Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva (Workers' Party, PT); the party increased its representation to seven deputies in such election.
Electoral results
editLegislative elections
edit| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Federal Senate | Role in government | ||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| 1990 | 78,358 | 0.19% | 0 / 502
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New | N/A | N/A | 0 / 81
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New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1994 | 39 | 0.00% | 0 / 513
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 0
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N/A | N/A | 0 / 81
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0
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 1998 | 216,640 | 0.33% | 0 / 513
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0
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62,086 | 0.10% | 0 / 81
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0
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2002 | 168,639 | 0.19% | 0 / 513
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0
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19,175 | 0.01% | 0 / 81
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0
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2006 | 311,833 | 0.33% | 1 / 513
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 1
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69,923 | 0.08% | 0 / 81
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0
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Coalition |
| 2010 | 642,422 | 0.67% | 3 / 513
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2
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1,480,846 | 0.87% | 0 / 81
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0
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Independent |
| 2014 | 812,497 | 0.84% | 1 / 513
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2
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11,300 | 0.01% | 0 / 81
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0
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Coalition |
| 2018 | 1,844,048 | 1.88% | 7 / 513
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6
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731,379 | 0.43% | 0 / 81
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0
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Coalition |
| 2022 | 2,205,176 | 2.00% | 7 / 513
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0
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1,369,655 | 1.35% | 0 / 81
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Coalition |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Pinto, Simone Cuber Araújo. "Partido Trabalhista do Brasil". FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Partidos políticos registrados no TSE". Superior Electoral Court (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Filiação partidária mensal". Superior Electoral Court (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Moreira, Barbara; Freitas, Karina (16 July 2021). "Diálogo, defesa da democracia, justiça social e respeito às diversidades são bandeiras dos parlamentares do MDB e Avante". Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Raio-X das eleições: Leia como serão as assembleias em 2023". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Relembre quantos prefeitos e vereadores cada partido elegeu em 2020". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Vereadores eleitos por partido em 2020". Poder360 (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Eleições 2020: 58.208 vagas de vereadores estarão em disputa neste domingo (15)". Superior Electoral Court (in Portuguese). 14 November 2020.
- ^ joaogado (2021-01-18). "Partidos em Números: PTB e Avante". Pindograma. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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