Brazil Can Do More ( pt, O Brasil pode mais), renamed Change Brazil ( pt, Muda Brasil) as of 2014, was a

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electoral coalition in

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formed around the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) for the 2010 presidential election. It was formed by six parties: PSDB, Democrats (DEM), Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), Popular Socialist Party (PPS),

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(PMN) and Labour Party of Brazil (PTdoB). Its presidential candidate was former

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Governor

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from PSDB and the vice-presidential candidate was

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federal deputy Indio da Costa from DEM. On October 3, Serra was the second most-voted candidate at the presidential election. Because the most voted candidate,

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, was not able to get 50%+1 of the unspoilt votes, she faced Serra in a run-off on October 31, which Rouseff won. At the

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, the Brazil Can Do More coalition gained 136 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, as well as 25 out of 81 seats in the

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.Partidos aliados de Dilma elegem mais senadores que a oposição
. Noticias.r7.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-31. This result was an all-time low for the lulist opposition. On the other hand, the

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For Brazil to Keep on Changing With the Strength of the People ( pt, Coligação Com a Força do Povo), until 2014 named For Brazil to Keep on Changing ( pt, Para o Brasil Seguir Mudando, standard/colloquial ~ ), was a left-wing electoral coalition formed around the democratic ...

coalition, which gathered around Lula's chosen successor Dilma Rousseff, reached an all-time high. For the

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, the alliance changed its name to Change Brazil ( pt, Muda Brasil) and was led by

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. The coalition once again lost the election. In 2017,

was forced to step down from the coalition leadership after he got involved in a series of corruption scandals including

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. The coalition was dissolved in 2018, with its parties supporting different candidates in the 2018 general election.

Composition

Electoral results

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

References

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