Christian Democracy (, DC) is a

Christian democratic Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. It was founded in 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (, PSDC), and was officially registered in 1997. the party is presided by

José Maria Eymael José Maria Eymael (born 2 November 1939) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, businessman, and founder of the Democracia Cristã (DC), known in English as the Christian Democracy (Brazil), Christian Democracy. Eymael was a candidate for preside ...

, who has competed the

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six times. In 2017, it changed its name to the current one. The PSDC was established to be a continuation of the

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

, which had merged with the

Democratic Social Party The Democratic Social Party (, PDS) was a conservative Brazilian political party. It was established in 1979 as a continuation of the National Renewal Alliance (ARENA), the political wing of the military during the 1965–79 military dictators ...

to form the

Reform Progressive Party The Reform Progressive Party (''Partido Progressista Reformador, PPR'') was a centre-right Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly assoc ...

in 1993.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

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* Christian democratic parties in South America Political parties established in 1995 1995 establishments in Brazil Conservative parties in Brazil {{Brazil-party-stub