Democratic Social Party

Democratic Social Party

Partido Democrático Social
Democratic Social Party Partido Democrático Social
President	Paulo Maluf (last)
Founded	31 January 1980
Dissolved	4 April 1993
Preceded by	National Renewal Alliance
Merged into	Reform Progressive Party
Headquarters	Brasília, DF
Ideology	Conservatism; Liberal conservatism
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Blue
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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 N

Notes

Election was on electoral college not popular vote.

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

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

Election	Chamber of Deputies					Federal Senate
Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1982	17,775,738	43.2%	235 / 479	4	1st	17,799,069	42.2%	15 / 25		1st
1986	3,731,735	7.9%	38 / 487	198	3rd			2 / 49	13	3rd
1990	3,609,196	8.9%	42 / 502	9	5th			2 / 31		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	President of Brazil (1979—1985, by PDS and ARENA).
Aureliano Chaves	13 January 1929	30 April 2003	Vice President of Brazil (1979—1985, by PDS and ARENA) Minister of Mines and Energy (1985—1988, by DEM and PDS)	Governor of Minas Gerais (1975—1978, by ARENA) Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais (1967—1975, by ARENA)
Paulo Maluf	3 September 1931	living	Governor of São Paulo (1979—1982, by PDS and ARENA) Federal Deputy for São Paulo (2007—2018, by Progressives, and 1983—1987, by PDS)	Mayor of São Paulo (1993—1997, by PPR and Progressives, and 1969—1971, by ARENA)
José Maria Marin	6 May 1932	living	Governor of São Paulo (1982—1983, by PDS) Vice Governor of São Paulo (1979—1982, by PDS and ARENA)	State deputy of São Paulo (1971—1979, by ARENA)
Antônio Carlos Magalhães	4 September 1927	20 July 2007	Governor of Bahia (1991—1994, by DEM, 1979—1983, by PDS and ARENA, and 1971—1975, by ARENA) Minister of Communications (1985—1990, by DEM and PDS)	President of the Federal Senate (1997—2001, by DEM) Mayor of Salvador (1967—1970, by ARENA) Senator for Bahia (2003—2007, by DEM, and 1995—2001, by DEM)
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	Mayor of Rio Branco (1989—1993, by PDS) Senator for Acre (1979—1987, by PDS and ARENA)	Governor of Acre (1966—1971, by ARENA) Federal Deputy for Acre (1963—1966, by PSD)
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)	President of Brazil (1990—1992, by Act) Governor of Alagoas (1987—1989, by MDB and Act) Senator for Alagoas (2019—present, by Act, PROS and PL, and 2007—2019, by PTB and Act)
Vasco Azevedo Neto	25 February 1916	30 September 2010	Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais (1970—1986, by PSC, DEM, PDS and ARENA)

References

^ 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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[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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