With the Strength of the People
With the Strength of the People Coligação Com a Força do Povo | |
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With the Strength of the People (
For the 2014 election, the coalition changed its name to 'With the Strength of the People' and was joined by the newly created Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS); the PSB left the Dilma administration in order to launch the candidacy of Eduardo Campos, while the PSC launched the candidacy of Pastor Everaldo. The PTC and PTN both decided to support Aécio Neves, from the rival centrist Change Brazil coalition.
History
2010 election
On October 3, Rousseff won a
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The same election also saw a major decrease in the number of seats controlled by the centre-right opposition, which gathered around the
On the second round, the For Brazil to Keep on Changing coalition received the support of the PP, which had remained neutral in the first round, although most of its directories had already supported Rousseff.[1] The PSOL instructed its members not to give any votes to Serra.[6] While its presidential candidate Plínio de Arruda Sampaio advocated casting blank votes, the party's Congressmen advocated a "critical vote" on Rousseff.[6]
Dilma Rousseff cabinet
On December 22, 2010, Dilma Rousseff appointed all 38 members of her cabinet. She handed out offices to six out of the ten political parties that formed the For Brazil to Keep on Changing coalition, in addition to the PP.
However, with the dismissal of Nelson Jobim, former Minister of Defense, on August 4, 2011, the PT presence in the Dilma cabinet increased to almost 45%, while the PMDB presence was reduced to 13.5%. This happened because Rousseff named Celso Amorim, a PT member, to replace Jobim.[7] After the last cabinet reform, in January 2014, 17 ministers were from the PT, 3 were from the PMDB, 2 from the PR, 1 from the PCdoB, 1 from the PP, 1 from the PRB, 1 from the PDT, and 1 from the PSD while 12 were independents.
The PSB pulled out of the Dilma Rousseff cabinet on September 18, 2013, in order to launch the candidacy of the late
2014 election
For the 2014 election, the coalition changed its name to With the Strength of the People (Portuguese: Com a Força do Povo) and was formed by the PT, PMDB, PCdoB, PDT, PRB, PR, PP, PSD and PROS.
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
The coalition was dissolved in 2016 because of different position about the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff: PT, PCdoB and PDT voted against the impeachment, while PMDB, PSD, PP, PR, PRB and PROS voted in favour and later supported the presidency of Michel Temer.
Composition
| Party | Main ideology | Leader(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Party (PT) | Social democracy | Gleisi Hoffmann | |
| Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) | Catch-all | Romero Jucá | |
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | Economic liberalism | Alfredo Cotait Neto | |
| Progressistas (PP) | Liberal conservatism | Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho | |
Party of the Republic (PR)
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Populism | Antonio Carlos Rodrigues | |
Brazilian Republican Party (PRB)
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Christian democracy | Marcos Pereira | |
| Democratic Labour Party (PDT) | Social democracy | Carlos Lupi | |
| Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS) | Centrism | Eurípedes de Macedo Júnior | |
| Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) | Marxism-Leninism
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Luciana Santos | |
Electoral results
Presidential elections
2010
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| Round | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | % |
| 1st | Rousseff | Michel Temer | 47,651,434 | 46.9% |
| 2nd | 55,752,483 | 56.0% | ||
2014
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | % |
| 1st | Rousseff | Michel Temer | 43,267,668 | 41.59% |
| 2nd | 54,501,119 | 51.64% | ||
Parliamentary elections
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010
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56,076,454 (#1) | 58.1 | 359 / 513
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| 2014 | 53,894,012 (#1) | 55.7 | 308 / 513
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Federal Senate
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| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010
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94,049,918 (#1) | 55.2 | 53 / 81
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| 2014 | 44,009,313 (#1) | 49.4 | 56 / 81
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References
- ^ a b (in Portuguese) Mestieri, Gabriel. "PP formaliza apoio a Dilma no 2º turno". R7. October 14, 2010.
- ^ (in Portuguese) "Dilma comparada a Indira Gandhi". Diário do Comércio. October 7, 2010.
- ^ a b c (in Portuguese) "Saiba a nova composição da Câmara". G1. October 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c (in Portuguese) "Partidos aliados de Dilma elegem mais senadores que a oposição". R7. October 4, 2010.
- ^ a b (in Portuguese) Lusa. "Brasil elege 18 governadores à primeira volta, 11 são aliados de Dilma". Jornal de Negócios. October 4, 2010.
- ^ a b (in Portuguese) Pasini, Mariana. "PSOL indica 'voto crítico' em Dilma ou voto nulo no 2º turno". G1. October 15, 2010.
- ^ "Jornal do Brasil - País - Jobim deixa a Defesa e Celso Amorim assume a pasta. "O copo encheu", diz líder do governo". www.jb.com.br. Archived from the original on 2011-08-05.
- ^ "Candidato do PSC quer privatizar Petrobras". 20 August 2014.
- ^ "PTC oficializa apoio à candidatura de Aécio Neves". 29 June 2014.