Labour Party of Brazil
Labour Party of Brazil Partido Trabalhista do Brasil | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Luis Henrique Resende |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Brasillia, Brazil |
| Membership | 184,816[1] |
| 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 (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista do Brasil, PTdoB) is a minor 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.
| Preceded by 65 - CPB (PCdoB) |
Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties 70 - LPB (PTdoB) |
Succeeded by 77 - SDD |
