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Avante (, ) is a
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Brazilian political party Brazil has a multi-party system since 1979, when the country's military dictatorship disbanded an enforced two-party system and allowed the creation of multiple parties. Above the broad range of political parties in Brazilian Congress, the Wor ...
. 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.


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
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. 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
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. 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 PDT, but remained neutral towards president
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. In the 2022 election Avante supported the center-left candidate Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva (
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, PT); the party increased its representation to seven deputies in such election.


Electoral results


Legislative elections


See also

* :Avante (political party) politicians


References

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