Democrat (Brazil)

Democrat^[9] (Portuguese: Democrata), originally founded with the name Brazilian Woman's Party,^[10][11] (Portuguese: Partido da Mulher Brasileira, PMB) is a social conservative political party in Brazil which uses the number 35.^[12] Known for its anti-feminist^[13] and anti-abortion^[14] stance, the party is not represented in the National Congress.^[15]

The PMB was founded in 2015 by Sued Haidar, who doubled as the president of the party's National Committee.^[16] At its peak, the party was the tenth largest in Congress,^[17] represented by 21 federal deputies in the Chamber of Deputies,^[16] only two of which were women,^[17] and one representative in the Federal Senate, Senator Hélio José.^[17] All later switched to other parties. In 2017, the party was condemned by the Superior Electoral Court of Minas Gerais for not having the minimum quota of women candidates.^[18] Most of the deputies have since left the party, and José switched his party affiliation to the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party in March 2016.^[19]

In January 2017, the PMB had 38,438 members.^[20] As of July 2018, this number has grown to 42,619.^[20]

On 2021, the party attempted to change its name to "Brasil 35", a modification made to attract the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro after he left his original Social Liberal Party and failed to create his own Alliance for Brazil,^[21][22] and mark the transition of the party to conservatism.^[23] However, in April 2022, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) refused the name change, on the basis that "the change of the party's name to “Brasil”, [...] would have intense potential to generate confusion or mislead the electorate."^[24]

On 2 December 2025, the TSE approved a name change to Democrat (Portuguese: Democrata).^[25]