Avante (, ) is a
centrist
Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the l ...
Brazilian political party
Brazil has a multi-party system since 1979, when the country's military dictatorship disbanded an enforced two-party system and allowed the creation of multiple parties.
Above the broad range of political parties in Brazilian Congress, the Wo ...
. 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.
In 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. PTdoB voted in favor of the
impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha, then president of the Chamber of Deputies, and continued into late 2016. Dilma Rousse ...
.
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
Ciro Ferreira Gomes (; born 6 November 1957), known mononymously as Ciro, is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and academic. Ciro is currently affiliated with and vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).
Born in São Paulo but rais ...
. Gomes obtained 12.47% of the votes, finishing third.
The party saw an increase of votes in the parliamentary vote, electing 7 deputies; however, it failed to elect any senator. Following the election, Avante did not go into opposition like PTD, but remained neutral towards president
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...
. In the
2022 election Avante supported the centre-left candidate
Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva (
Workers' Party, PT); the party increased its representation to 7 Deputies in such election.
Electoral results
Legislative elections
See also
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:Avante (political party) politicians
References
1989 establishments in Brazil
Centrist parties in Brazil
Labour parties
Political parties established in 1989
Political parties in Brazil
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