FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF OCTOBER 2010 ============================================================================== Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Dem - Democratas (Democrats) * PCdoB - Partido Comunista do Brasil (Communist Party of Brazil) * PDT - Partido Democratico Trabalhista (Democratic Labour Party) * PHS - Partido Humanista da Solidariedade (Humanist Party of Solidarity) * PMDB - Partido do Movimento Democratico Brasileiro (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement) * PMN - Partido da Mobilizacão Nacional (Party of National Mobilisation) * PP - Partido Progressista (Progressive Party) * PPS - Partido Popular Socialista (Socialist People's Party) * PR - Partido da República (Party of the Republic) * PRB - Partido Republicano Brasileiro (Brazilian Republican Party) * PRP - Partido Republicano Progressista (Progressive Republican Party) * PRTB - Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro (Brazilian Labour Renewal Party) * PSB - Partido Socialista Brasileiro (Brazilian Socialist Party) * PSC - Partido Social Cristão (Social Christian Party) * PSDB - Partido da Social Democracia Brasileiro (Brazilian Party of Social Democracy) * PSL - Partido Social Liberal (Social Liberal Party) * PSoL - Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (Party of Socialism and Freedom) * PT - Partido dos Trabalhadores (Party of the Workers) * PTC - Partido Trabalhista Cristão (Christian Labour Party) * PTB - Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (Brazilian Labour Party) * PTdoB - Partido Trabalhista do Brasil (Labour Party of Brazil) * PV - Partido Verde (Green Party) ELECTIONS TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ============================================================================== Parties are listed in alphabetical order by their Portuguese acronyms. NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ============================================================================== Voters: 135,523,536 Votes cast: 111,038,704 81.9 Invalid votes: 12,816,484 11.5 Valid votes: 98,222,220 88.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Government coalition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) 2,748,290 02.8 +00.7 15 +02 Democratic Labour Party (PDT) 4,952,723 05.0 -00.2 26 +02 Party of the Brazilian Dem Mvt (PMDB) 12,681,654 12.9 -01.7 78 -11 Party of the Republic (PR) 7,359,093 07.5 +03.1 40 +17 Brazilian Republican Party (PRB) 1,760,396 01.8 +01.5 8 +07 Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) 6,880,252 07.0 +00.8 35 +08 Social Christian Party (PSC) 3,056,208 03.1 +01.2 17 +08 Party of the Workers (PT) 16,508,091 16.8 +01.8 87 +04 Christian Labour Party (PTC) 596,166 00.6 -00.3 1 -03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 56,542,873 57.6 +06.9 307 +34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opposition coalition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Democrats (Dem) 7,301,471 07.4 -03.5 43 -22 Party of National Mobilisation (PMN) 1,108,787 01.1 +00.2 4 +01 Socialist People's Party (PPS) 2,536,809 02.6 -01.3 12 -09 Brazilian Party of Social Democracy (PSDB) 11,479,666 11.7 -01.9 53 -12 Labour Party of Brazil (PTdoB) 661,001 00.7 +00.4 4 +03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 23,087,734 23.5 -06.1 116 -39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Others ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Humanist Party of Solidarity (PHS) 776,823 00.8 +00.3 2 Progressive Party (PP) 7,209,976 07.3 +00.2 44 +02 Progressive Republican Party (PRP) 305,940 00.3 2 +02 Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB) 316,043 00.3 2 +02 Social Liberal Party (PSL) 506,653 00.5 1 +01 Party of Socialism and Freedom (PSoL) 1,144,216 01.2 00.0 3 Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) 4,111,139 04.2 +00.5 22 Green Party (PV) 3,709,647 03.8 +00.2 14 +01 Others 511,176 00.5 - -03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grand total 98,222,220 513 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Democrats vote is compared with the Party of the Liberal Front vote in 2006. The Party of the Republic vote is compared with the Liberal Party vote in 2006.