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

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Workers' Party (PT) in

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for the 2010 presidential election. It consisted of ten parties: the Worker's Party (PT),

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(PMDB),

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(PCdoB), Democratic Labour Party (PDT), Brazilian Republican Party (PRB),

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(PR),

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(PSB), Social Christian Party (PSC), Christian Labour Party (PTC) and

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(PTN). On October 14, they were unofficially joined by the Progressive Party (PP). Mestieri, Gabriel
"PP formaliza apoio a Dilma no 2º turno"
R7. October 14, 2010. The coalition's presidential candidate was

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from the PT while the vice-presidential candidate was

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from the PMDB. They were finally elected on October 31, 2010. For the 2014 election, the coalition changed its name to 'With the Strength of the People' and was joined by the newly created

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(PSD) and

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, from the rival centrist Change Brazil coalition.

History

2010 election

On October 3, Rousseff won a plurality of votes at the presidential election. Achieving over 47 million votes, she became the most voted-for female in the Americas. However, according to Brazilian law, she had to face a run-off against the second highest candidate –

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from the

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(PSDB) – on October 31, as she was not able to win more than 50% of unspoilt votes and therefore the

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held that same day, the ''For Brazil to Keep on Changing'' coalition gained control of 352 out of the 513 seats in the

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,"Saiba a nova composição da Câmara"
G1. October 4, 2010. as well as 54 out of the 81 seats in the Federal Senate."Partidos aliados de Dilma elegem mais senadores que a oposição"
R7. October 4, 2010. This gave Rousseff a broad majority in both houses, which the previous PT administration, led by President

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, never had. The coalition was also able to elect 11 out of the 18 governorships that were decided in the first round. Lusa
"Brasil elege 18 governadores à primeira volta, 11 são aliados de Dilma"
''Jornal de Negócios''. October 4, 2010. It gained control of five further governorships on October 31 among the ten states which had run-off voting. 2010 Brazilian presidential election - Secound round

2010 Brazilian presidential election - Secound round

The same election also saw a major decrease in the number of seats controlled by the centre-right opposition, which gathered around the '' Brazil Can Do More'' coalition led by former

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Governor José Serra. It shrank from 133 to 111 deputies and from 38 to 27 Senators. It elected 7 out of the 18 governor seats defined on October 3, gaining control of four more on October 31. On the other hand, the left-wing opposition, formed by the PSOL, which had broken away from the PT, retained control of its three seats in the Chamber and gained one seat in the Senate. On the second round, the ''For Brazil to Keep on Changing'' coalition received the support of the PP, which had remained neutral in the first round, although most of its directories had already supported Rousseff. The PSOL instructed its members not to give any votes to Serra. Pasini, Mariana
"PSOL indica 'voto crítico' em Dilma ou voto nulo no 2º turno"
G1. October 15, 2010. While its presidential candidate

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advocated casting blank votes, the party's Congressmen advocated a "critical vote" on Rousseff.

Dilma Rousseff cabinet

On December 22, 2010,

appointed all 38 members of her cabinet. She handed out offices to six out of the ten political parties that formed the ''For Brazil to Keep on Changing'' coalition, in addition to the PP. However, with the dismissal of Nelson Jobim, former

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, on August 4, 2011, the PT presence in the Dilma cabinet increased to almost 45%, while the PMDB presence was reduced to 13.5%. This happened because Rousseff named

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, a PT member, to replace Jobim. After the last cabinet reform, in January 2014, 17 ministers were from the PT, 3 were from the PMDB, 2 from the PR, 1 from the PCdoB, 1 from the PP, 1 from the PRB, 1 from the PDT, and 1 from the PSD while 12 were independents. The PSB pulled out of the Dilma Rousseff cabinet on September 18, 2013, in order to launch the candidacy of the late Eduardo Campos. The Social Christian Party departed from the Rousseff administration in January 2014 in order to launch the candidacy of Pastor Everaldo, who, unlike Dilma, had a strong

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stance, promising to

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. Another Christian party, the PTC, decided to support

' '' Brazil Can Do More'' coalition, as did the PTN.

2014 election

For the 2014 election, the coalition changed its name to ''With the Strength of the People'' ( pt, Com a Força do Povo) and was formed by the PT, PMDB, PCdoB, PDT, PRB, PR, PP, PSD and PROS.

Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff

The coalition was dissolved in 2016 because of different position about the impeachment of

: PT, PCdoB and PDT voted against the impeachment, while PMDB, PSD, PP, PR, PRB and PROS voted in favour and later supported the presidency of

Composition

Electoral results

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

References

External links

Official website of Dilma Rousseff
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