Democratic Social Party
Partido Democrático Social
PresidentPaulo Maluf (last)
Founded31 January 1980 (1980-01-31)
Dissolved4 April 1993 (1993-04-04)
Preceded byNational Renewal Alliance
Merged intoReform Progressive Party
HeadquartersBrasília, DF
IdeologyConservatism
Liberal conservatism
Political positionRight-wing
Colours  Blue

The Democratic Social Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Social, PDS) was a conservative Brazilian political party.[1]

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 dictatorship, at a time in which the country was moving away from authoritarianism. However, the official foundation date is 31 January 1980. In 1985, when Paulo Maluf won the party's nomination for the presidential bid, a huge group, led by José Sarney (former leader of ARENA from 1971 to 1980 and of the PDS from 1980 to 1985), Jorge Bornhausen and Marco Maciel, founded the Liberal 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-elect Tancredo 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 the Christian Democratic Party (3.0% in 1990 elections for the lower house) to form the Reform Progressive Party, which was intended to be a moderate-conservative party.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate Electoral votes % Result
1985 Paulo Maluf 180 27.27% Lost Red X

Notes

Election was on electoral college not popular vote.

Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1989 Paulo Salim Maluf 5,986,012 8.9% Lost Red X

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Position Votes % Seats +/– Position
1982 17,775,738 43.2%
235 / 479
 Increase 4 Steady 1st 17,799,069 42.2%
15 / 25
 Steady Steady 1st
1986 3,731,735 7.9%
38 / 487
 Decrease 198 Decrease 3rd
2 / 49
 Decrease 13 Decrease 3rd
1990 3,609,196 8.9%
42 / 502
 Increase 9 Decrease 5th
2 / 31
 Steady Decrease 5th

Notorious members

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
  • Governor of Sergipe (2003—2007, by DEM, 1991—1995, by DEM, and 1983—1987, by PDS and DEM)
  • Minister of Internal Affairs (1987—1990, by DEM)
  • Mayor of Aracaju (2013—2017, by DEM, and 1975—1979, by ARENA)
Jorge Kalume 3 December 1920 26 October 2010
Fernando Collor de Mello 12 August 1949 living
  • Mayor of Maceió (1979—1983, by ARENA and PDS)
  • Federal Deputy for Alagoas (1983—1986, by PDS)
Vasco Azevedo Neto 25 February 1916 30 September 2010

References

  1. ↑ Brasil, CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO SOCIAL (PDS)". CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 June 2022.


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