Social Christian Party (Brazil)

Social Christian Party Partido Social Cristão

President	Everaldo Pereira
Founded	1985^[1]
Headquarters	Brasília, Brazil
Membership	417,221^[2]
Ideology	Christian right Conservatism Economic liberalism Right-wing populism
Political position	Right-wing
International affiliation	None
Colours	Green & white
TSE Identification Number	20
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	8 / 513
Seats in the Senate	1 / 81
Local government	1,431 / 56,810
Website
http://www.psc.org.br/
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Pastor Everaldo Pereira (left)

The Social Christian Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Cristão, PSC) is a conservative political party in Brazil.

At the legislative elections, 2010, PSC obtained 12 seats in the chamber of deputies and kept this number at 2014 legislative elections.^[3]

Electoral results

At the legislative elections, 6 October 2002, the party won 1 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. At the legislative elections of October 1, 2006, the party won 9 seats in the chamber of deputies.

Presidential elections

Year	Candidate	Votes	%
1989	No candidate, endorsed Fernando Collor de Mello	n/a	n/a
1994	Hernani Fortuna	238,257	0.40%
1998	Sergio Bueno	124,546	0.20
2010	No candidate, endorsed Dilma Rousseff	n/a	n/a
2014	Pastor Everaldo	780,513	0.75%

References

↑ http://www.psc.org.br/site/partido-social-cristao/historico.html (in portuguese)
↑ http://inter04.tse.jus.br/ords/dwtse/f?p=2001:104:::NO::: (in portuguese)
↑ http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/noticias/eleicoes-2014/noticia/2014/11/novos-partidos-terao-maior-bancada-da-camara-federal-em-2015-4634660.html (in portuguese)

External links

Official web site (in portuguese)

Political parties in Brazil

Political parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (513 seats)	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (68) Workers' Party (57) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (51) Progressive Party (47) Party of the Republic (40) Social Democratic Party (36) Brazilian Socialist Party (31) Democrats (29) Brazilian Republican Party (22) Democratic Labour Party (19) Brazilian Labour Party (19) Solidarity (14) National Labour Party (13) Communist Party of Brazil (10) Popular Socialist Party (9) Social Christian Party (8) Humanist Party of Solidarity (7) Green Party (7) Republican Party of the Social Order (6) Socialism and Liberty Party (6) Sustainability Network (4) Labour Party of Brazil (3) National Ecologic Party (3) Social Liberal Party (2) Party of the Brazilian Woman (1)

Political parties represented in the Senate of Brazil (81 seats)	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (18) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (11) Workers' Party (11) Brazilian Socialist Party (7) Progressive Party (6) Democrats (4) Party of the Republic (4) Social Democratic Party (4) Brazilian Labour Party (3) Democratic Labour Party (3) Christian Labour Party (1) Popular Socialist Party (1) Communist Party of Brazil (1) Brazilian Republican Party (1) Social Christian Party (1) Green Party (1) Sustainability Network (1)

Political parties not represented in the National Congress of Brazil	Brazilian Communist Party Brazilian Labour Renewal Party Christian Labour Party Christian Social Democratic Party Free Homeland Party National Mobilization New Party Progressive Republican Party Revolutionary Communist Party United Socialist Workers' Party Workers' Cause Party

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