Democratic Renewal Party (Brazil)

Democratic Renewal Party
Partido Renovação Democrática
AbbreviationPRD
PresidentOvasco Resende
Founded26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)
Registered9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
Merger ofBrazilian Labour Party
Patriota
HeadquartersBrasília, DF
Youth wingPRD Jovem
Women's wingPRD Mulher
Membership (2023)1,334,065[1]
IdeologyNational conservatism
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
Party number25
Federal Senate
0 / 81
Chamber of Deputies
5 / 513
Website
prd25.org.br

The Democratic Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Renovação Democrática, PRD) is a political party in Brazil, established on 26 October 2022 from the merger of two conservative parties: the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) and Patriota. Said merger was motivated by the results of the 2022 general election, since both parties failed to obtain the number of votes to meet the electoral threshold. With the union, the votes of the two parties were summed up and the new organization was considered to have reached the threshold.[2]

With 1.3 million members in December 2023, it is the third largest party in the country.

  1. ^ "Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ Doria, Vinicius (26 October 2022). "PTB e Patriota anunciam fusão e batizam novo partido de 'Mais Brasil'". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2024.