 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Democratic Social Party" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(June 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Democratic Social Party Partido Democrático Social | |
|---|---|
 | |
| President | Paulo Maluf(last) |
| Founded | 31 January 1980 (1980-01-31) |
| Dissolved | 4 April 1993 (1993-04-04) |
| Preceded by | National Renewal Alliance |
| Merged into | Reform Progressive Party |
| Headquarters | Brasília,DF |
| Ideology | Conservatism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Blue |
TheDemocratic Social Party (Portuguese:Partido Democrático Social, PDS) was aconservativeBrazilian political party.[1]
It was established in 1979 as a continuation of theNational Renewal Alliance (ARENA), the political wing of the military during the 1965–79 military dictatorship, at a time in which the country was moving away from authoritarianism. However, the official foundation date is 31 January 1980. In 1985, whenPaulo Maluf won the party's nomination for the presidential bid, a huge group, led byJosé Sarney (former leader of ARENA from 1971 to 1980 and of the PDS from 1980 to 1985),Jorge Bornhausen andMarco Maciel, founded theLiberal Front Party (PFL). Sarney was elected vice-president in that year's election, but he served from the beginning as president, due to the death of President-electTancredo Neves.
The Democratic Social Party suffered bad defeats in both the 1986 (7.9%) and 1990 (8.9%) elections for the Chamber of Deputies, when at the same time PFL took 17.7% and 12.4%. In 1986, in particular, the party was seriously defeated also in state elections, so that all of the 12 governorships won in 1982 were lost.
In 1993, the party merged with theChristian Democratic Party (3.0% in 1990 elections for the lower house) to form theReform Progressive Party, which was intended to be a moderate-conservative party.
Election was on electoral college not popular vote.
| Election | Party candidate | Electoral votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Paulo Maluf | 180 | 27.27% | Lost N |
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Paulo Maluf | 5,986,012 | 8.9% | LostN |
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Federal Senate | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | |
| 1982 | 17,775,738 | 43.2% | 235 / 479 |  4 |  1st | 17,799,069 | 42.2% | 15 / 25 | | 1st |
| 1986 | 3,731,735 | 7.9% | 38 / 487 |  198 | 3rd | 2 / 49 | 13 | 3rd | ||
| 1990 | 3,609,196 | 8.9% | 42 / 502 | 9 | 5th | 2 / 31 | | 5th | ||
Former members
| Name | Birth date | Death date | Relevant offices by PDS | Relevant offices by other parties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| João Figueiredo | 15 January 1918 | 24 December 1999 |
| |
| Aureliano Chaves | 13 January 1929 | 30 April 2003 |
|
|
| Paulo Maluf | 3 September 1931 | living |
|
|
| José Maria Marin | 6 May 1932 | living |
|
|
| Antônio Carlos Magalhães | 4 September 1927 | 20 July 2007 |
| |
| João Alves Filho | 3 July 1941 | 24 November 2020 |
| |
| Jorge Kalume | 3 December 1920 | 26 October 2010 |
|
|
| Fernando Collor de Mello | 12 August 1949 | living | ||
| Vasco Azevedo Neto | 25 February 1916 | 30 September 2010 |
|
  | This article about a Brazilian political party or entity is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |