Avante
PresidentLuis Tibé
Founded1989
Split fromBrazilian Labour Party
HeadquartersBelo Horizonte, Brazil
Membership185,473[1]
IdeologyThird Way
Getulism
Labourism[2]
Civic nationalism
Christian solidarism
Federalism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Turquoise
  Orange
TSE Identification Number70
Chamber of Deputies
7 / 513
Federal Senate
0 / 81
City councillors
535 / 56,810
Website
www.avante70.org.br

Avante ([aˈvɐ̃ntʃi], lit. 'Forward') is a centrist Brazilian political party. 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.[3]

History

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.

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. Gomes obtained 12.47% of the votes, finishing third.

The party saw an increase of votes in the parliamentary vote, electing seven 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. In the 2022 election Avante supported the centre-left candidate Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva (Workers' Party, PT); the party increased its representation to seven deputies in such election.

Electoral results

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Role in government
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
1990 78,358 0.19%
0 / 502
 New N/A N/A
0 / 81
 New Extra-parliamentary
1994 39 0.00%
0 / 513
 Steady 0 N/A N/A
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
1998 216,640 0.33%
0 / 513
 Steady 0 62,086 0.10%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2002 168,639 0.19%
0 / 513
 Steady 0 19,175 0.01%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2006 311,833 0.33%
1 / 513
 Increase 1 69,923 0.08%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Coalition
2010 642,422 0.67%
3 / 513
 Increase 2 1,480,846 0.87%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Independent
2014 812,497 0.84%
1 / 513
 Decrease 2 11,300 0.01%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Coalition
2018 1,844,048 1.88%
7 / 513
 Increase 6 731,379 0.43%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Coalition
2022 2,205,176 2.00%
7 / 513
 Steady 0 1,369,655 1.35%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Coalition

    See also

    • Category:Avante (political party) politicians

    References

    1. ↑ "Eleitores filiados". inter04.tse.jus.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
    2. ↑ "tse estatuto de avante". Google Docs.
    3. ↑ joaogado (2021-01-18). "Partidos em Números: PTB e Avante". Pindograma. Retrieved 2022-10-08.


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