Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)
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Democratic Labour Party
Partido Democrático Trabalhista |
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| President | Carlos Lupi |
| Founded | June 17, 1979 |
| Headquarters | Rua Sete de Setembro, 141, 4º andar , Centro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Membership | 1,250,777 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Labourism Populism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation |
Socialist International, Foro de São Paulo |
| Colours | Red, White, Blue |
| TSE Identification Number | 12 |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
19 / 513
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| Seats in the Senate |
3 / 81
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Democratic Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Trabalhista, PDT) is a populist and social democratic political party of Brazil.
It was founded in 1979 by left-wing leader Leonel Brizola as an attempt to reorganize the Brazilian leftist forces during the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship. Many of its members, including Brizola, had been active in the Brazilian Labour Party prior to the 1964 coup. Brizola originally wanted to reclaim the PTB name for his party, but the government awarded it to a more moderate grouping led by Ivete Vargas.
The PDT joined the Socialist International in 1986. It was the major left-wing party in Brazil until the rise of the Workers' Party.
The party is organized in state and municipal directories and also in cooperational social movements, such as the Black Movement, the Labour Woman Association, the Labour Syndicate Union, the Socialist Youth and the Green Labour Movement. Its national directory is composed of over 250 members, while its national executive is composed of 21 members.
The cooperational social movements have their own statutes and nationwide organization.
The Socialist Youth, founded in 1981, was originally called Labour Youth. Its name had been changed twice: in 1984, to Socialist Labour Youth, and then in 1985 to Socialist Youth. The intention was to support the group that defended the participation of the party in the Socialist International as well as the change of the party's name to Socialist Party. The latter never happened.
The best result of the party in a presidential election was reached by historical leader Brizola, with 17% of the votes in the first round of the 1989 presidential elections. However, Brizola lost to rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by a margin of 0.5%, stopping him from facing the right-wing candidate, Fernando Collor de Mello, in the runoff.
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