Social Christian Party (Brazil)

Conservative political party in Brazil

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Social Christian Party

Partido Social Cristão

President| Everaldo Pereira
Founded| 1970 (as Republican Democratic Party)[1]
1985 (as Social Christian Party)[2]
Dissolved| 15 June 2023; 17 months ago (2023-06-15)
Merged into| Podemos
Headquarters| Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, Brazil
Membership| 422,840[3]
Ideology| Christian democracy[4]
Christian right[5]
Social conservatism[6]
Political position| Right-wing[7] to far-right[8]
Historical:
Centre-right[9]
Religion| Christianity
TSE Identification Number| 20
Website
psc.org.br/

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

In the 2018 election, the party elected 2 Governors, 1 Senator, 9 Federal Deputies and 30 State Deputies.[10][11][12][13]

In 2022, it announced plans to merge with Podemos.[14] The merge was approved by the Superior Electoral Court on 15 June 2023.[15]

## History

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The party was founded in 1985, as a Christian democratic party.[16] The party supported Fernando Collor de Mello in the presidential election of 1989, and in 1990, the party won first place in the state election for Alagoas, the home state of then-President Collor.[17] However, from 1994, the party declined: its candidates repeatedly lost votes, surpassing only those from far-left parties, who originated from rebel wings of the Workers Party without popular support. The PSC did not elect more than 3 representatives in the three subsequent elections.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro is a former member of the party.[18]

He joined the party in March 2016 to run for president in 2018. With that analysts pointed out that the party was in an increasingly right-wing movement; starting as a centre-right Christian democratic party, then adopting more conservative agenda and towards a nationalist platform.

However, Bolsonaro disagreed with Pastor Everaldo regarding the municipal elections alliance of PSC within PCdoB in Maranhão and joined the PSL.

## Ideology

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This article is part of a series on

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* Bolsonarism
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Principles

* Agrarianism
* Anti-communism
* Authority
* Catholicism
* Family values
* Federalism
* Gun rights
* Law and order
* Militarism
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* Patriotism
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Parties

Active

* Brazil Union
* Brazilian Labour Renewal Party
* Brazilian Woman's Party
* Christian Democracy
* Democratic Renewal Party
* Liberal Party
* Progressistas
* Republicans

Defunct

* Alliance for Brazil
* Brazilian Integralist Action
* Brazilian Labour Party
* Conservative Party
* Conservative Republican Party
* Democratic Social Party
* Democrats
* Fluminense Republican Party
* National Democratic Union
* Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order
* Patriota
* Popular Representation Party
* Social Christian Party
* Social Liberal Party

Organisations

* Black Guard
* Diretório Monárquico do Brasil
* Evangelical Caucus
* Imperial Patrianovist Guard
* União Democrática Ruralista

Media

* Gazeta do Povo
* O Tempo

Related topics

* BBB Bench
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Social Christianity derives itself from its supporters' belief that Christianity, more than a religion, is a state of mind that does not segregate and does not exclude, besides serving as a basis for people to make decisions in a rational way,

The party is often associated with conservative evangelical Protestantism because the leadership of the Pastor Everaldo Pereira, a national leader of Assemblies of God in Brazil, over the party. Despite this, the party does not have any affiliation with any church and many of the officials elected by the party, like the incumbents Governor and Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro Wilson Witzel and Claudio Castro being practising Catholics, with the latter being a well-known Catholic music singer and activist.

The party is a vocal supporter of social conservatism, harshly opposing abortion, LGBT rights, gender theory and the legalization of marijuana. On economics, the party is more moderate, supporting a free-market system with privatization of many of the Brazilian government-owned companies like Petrobrás with an extensive social safety net.

The party adopted a hard-line stance against organized crime and drug trafficking in the governorship of Rio de Janeiro. Under Witzel's government, the number of police operations substantially grew, and the number of police who died on duty has gone down, in addition the number of manslaughters, shootings and robberies went down, although civilian and criminal deaths in police-related incidents has increased. Nevertheless, Witzel has been criticized by the high number of civilian victims of the confrontational politics which he implemented, which includes poor children and elders.

Openly opposed to Marxism, it is historically anti-communist.

## Controversies

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The PSC raised controversy by fielding an openly neo-Nazi candidate in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro legislative elections.[19]

Several party leaders were arrested or dismissed in August 2020 for corruption, including Everaldo Pereira (PSC national president) and Wilson Witzel (governor of Rio de Janeiro).[20]

## Electoral results

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At the legislative elections of 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 1 October 2006, the party won 9 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. At the legislative elections of 3 October 2010, the party won 17 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 seat in the Senate. At the legislative elections of 5 October 2014, the party won 13 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 seat in the Senate. At the legislative elections of 7 October 2014, the party won 9 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 seat in the Senate.

### Presidential elections

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Year  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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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%
2002 | No candidate, endorsed Anthony Garotinho | n/a  | n/a
2010 | No candidate, endorsed Dilma Rousseff | n/a  | n/a
2014 | Pastor Everaldo | 780,513  | 0.75%
2018 | No candidate, endorsed Alvaro Dias | n/a  | n/a
2022 | No candidate, endorsed Jair Bolsonaro | n/a  | n/a

### Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

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Election  | Chamber of Deputies | Federal Senate | Role in government

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Votes | % | Seats | +/–  | Votes | % | Seats | +/–
1986 | 207,903  | 0.44%  |

1 / 487

| New  | N/A  | N/A  |

0 / 49

| New  | Coalition
1990 | 342,079  | 0.84%  |

6 / 502

|  5  | N/A  | N/A  |

0 / 31

|  0  | Coalition
1994 | 213,734  | 0.47%  |

3 / 513

|  3  | 963,615  | 1.01%  |

0 / 54

|  0  | Independent
1998 | 446,256  | 0.67%  |

3 / 513

|  0  | 371,873  | 0.60%  |

0 / 81

|  0  | Independent
2002 | 504,611  | 0.58%  |

1 / 513

|  2  | 293,463  | 0.19%  |

0 / 81

|  0  | Opposition
2006 | 1,747,863  | 1.88%  |

9 / 513

|  8  | 131,548  | 0.16%  |

0 / 81

|  0  | Opposition
2010 | 3,072,546  | 3.18%  |

17 / 513

|  8  | 1,247,157  | 0.73%  |

1 / 81

|  1  | Coalition
2014 | 2,520,421  | 2.59%  |

13 / 513

|  4  | 19,286  | 0.02%  |

0 / 81

|  1  | Coalition
2018 | 1,765,226  | 1.80%  |

8 / 513

|  5  | 4,126,068  | 2.41%  |

1 / 81

|  1  | Coalition
2022 | 1,951,486  | 1.77%  |

6 / 513

|  2  | 4,285,485  | 4.21%  |

1 / 81

|  0  | Opposition

## References

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Pastor Everaldo Pereira (left)

1. ^ "Conheça a história do Partido Social Cristão (PSC) - Estudo Prático".
2. ^ "PSC - Partido Social Cristão - Histórico". Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016. (in portuguese)
3. ^ http://inter04.tse.jus.br/ords/dwtse/f?p=2001:104:::NO[permanent dead link‍]::: (in portuguese)
4. ^ "Qual é a ideologia de cada partido brasileiro?". palavras palavras (in Portuguese). 31 July 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
5. ^ Pereira, Merval (6 January 2019). "A força dos evangélicos". Merval Pereira - O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
6. ^ "Missão e Valores".
7. ^ "Conheça a história do Partido Social Cristão (PSC)".
8. ^ "O que significa esquerda, direita e centro na política? - Política". Estadão. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
9. ^ Burnell, Peter (2006). Funding Democratization. Transaction Publishers. p. 120.
10. ^ "PT supera MDB e governará quatro estados; veja quem são os eleitos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
11. ^ "Saiba como eram e como ficaram as bancadas no Senado, partido a partido". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
12. ^ "Saiba como eram e como ficaram as bancadas na Câmara dos Deputados, partido a partido". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
13. ^ "PSL multiplica por 4 número de deputados nas Assembleias; MDB é o que mais perde". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
14. ^ "Podemos e PSC anunciam fusão; o partido terá 18 deputados e 7 senadores". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 November 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
15. ^ "TSE aprova incorporação do Partido Social Cristão pelo Podemos". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.[permanent dead link‍]
16. ^ "Conheça a história do Partido Social Cristão (PSC)". Estudo Prático (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 October 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
17. ^ Brasil, CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTAO (PSC)". CPDOC – Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 13 January 2019.
18. ^ "Bolsonaro tem apenas quatro votos em eleição para presidente da Câmara". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
19. ^ "Neonazista assumido, "professor" é candidato para vereador no Rio pelo PSC | by eDemocratize | eDemocratize | Medium". 11 September 2016.
20. ^ "Quem é Pastor Everaldo, preso em operação sobre fraude de contratos no Rio".

## External links

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* Official web site (in portuguese)

Preceded by

19 – PODE

|  Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
20 – SCP (PSC)  | Succeeded by

21 – BCP (PCB)

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