Political Parties In November 1979 Congress disbanded the two existing political parties, both created in 1965. In the more liberal political climate of the 1980s more than three dozen new political parties were formed, including the progovernment Brazilian Democratic Movement and Liberal Front parties and, among the opposition parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Brazilian Communist Party (renamed the Popular Socialist Party in 1992).
BRAZILIAN PARTIES (By Order of Seats in the Chamber of Deputies)
PMDB - Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party);
PFL - Partido da Frente Liberal (Liberal Front Party);
PSDB - Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (Brazilian Social Democracy Party);
PPR - Partido Progressista Reformador (Reformer Progressist Party);
PT - Partido dos Trabalhadores (Worker's Party);
PP - Partido Progressista (Progressist Party);
PDT - Partido Democrático Trabalhista (Worker's Democratic Party);
PSB - Partido Socialista Brasileiro (Brazilian Socialist Party);
PL - Partido Liberal (Liberal Party);
Pc do B - Partido Comunista do Brasil (Brazilian Comunist Party);
PMN - Partido da Mobilização Nacional (National Mobilization's Party);
PSD - Partido Social Democrático (Social Democratic Party);
PSC - Partido Social Cristão (Social Christian Party);
PPS - Partido Popular Socialista (Popular Socialist Party);
PRN - Partido da Reconstrução Nacional (National Reconstruction's Party);
PV - Partido Verde (Green Party);
PRP - Partido Republicano Progressista (Progressist Republican Party).
