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Christian Democracy Democracia Cristã | |
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| Abbreviation | DC |
| President | José Maria Eymael |
| General Secretary | Rubens Pavão |
| Founded | 30 March 1995; 30 years ago (1995-03-30) |
| Registered | 5 August 1997; 28 years ago (1997-08-05) |
| Preceded by | Christian Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Av. Padre Pereira de Andrade, 758, Boaçava,São Paulo |
| Think tank | Fundação Democrata Cristã |
| Youth wing | DC Jovem |
| Women's wing | DC Mulher |
| Membership(2023) |  171,465[1] |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colors | Azure Royal blue Gold |
| Slogan | "Commitment to the Family" |
| Electoral number | 27 |
| Legislative Assemblies[2] | 1 / 1,024 |
| Mayors[3] | 2 / 5,568 |
| Municipal Chambers[4] | 123 / 58,043 |
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Christian Democracy (Portuguese:Democracia Cristã,DC) is aChristian democraticpolitical party inBrazil. It was founded in 1995 as theChristian Social Democratic Party (Portuguese:Partido Social Democrata Cristão,PSDC),[5] and was officially registered in 1997.[6] the party is presided byJosé Maria Eymael, who has competed thepresidential elections six times.[7] In 2017, it changed its name to the current one.[8]
The PSDC was established to be a continuation of theChristian Democratic Party, which had merged with theDemocratic Social Party to form theReform Progressive Party in 1993.[5]
| Election | Candidate | Running mate | Colligation | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 1998 | José Maria Eymael (PSDC) | Josmar Oliveira Alderete (PSDC) | None | 171,831 | 0.25% (#9) | - | - | Lost N |
| 2002 | None* | None | None | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | José Maria Eymael (PSDC) | José Paulo da Silva Neto (PSDC) | None | 63,294 | 0.07% (#6) | - | - | LostN |
| 2010 | José Maria Eymael (PSDC) | José Paulo da Silva Neto (PSDC) | None | 89,350 | 0.09% (#5) | - | - | LostN |
| 2014 | José Maria Eymael (PSDC) | Roberto Lopes (PSDC) | None | 61,250 | 0.06% (#9) | - | - | LostN |
| 2018 | José Maria Eymael (DC) | Hélvio Costa (DC) | None | 41,710 | 0.04% (#12) | - | - | LostN |
| 2022 | José Maria Eymael (DC) | João Barbosa Bravo (DC) | None | 16,604 | 0,01 (#11) | - | - | LostN |
| Source:Election Resources: Federal Elections in Brazil – Results Lookup *DC supportedJosé Serra (PSDB) andRita Camata (PMDB) in the second round of 2002 general elections. | ||||||||
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Federal Senate | Role in government | ||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| 1998 | 62,057 | 0.09% | 0 / 513 | New | 114,573 | 0.19% | 0 / 81 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2002 | 192,546 | 0.22% | 1 / 513 |  1 | 29,768 | 0.03% | 0 / 81 |  0 | Independent |
| 2006 | 354,217 | 0.38% | 0 / 513 | 1 | 53,025 | 0.06% | 0 / 81 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2010 | 191,835 | 0.20% | 0 / 513 | 0 | 73,227 | 0.04% | 0 / 81 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2014 | 509,936 | 0.52% | 2 / 513 | 2 | 31,011 | 0.03% | 0 / 81 | 0 | Independent |
| 2018 | 369,386 | 0.38% | 1 / 513 | 1 | 154,068 | 0.09% | 0 / 81 | 0 | Opposition |
| 2022 | 138,818 | 0.13% | 0 / 513 | 1 | 101,722 | 0.10% | 0 / 81 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
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