Cidadania

Also known as PPS, Popular Socialist Party, Socialist People's Party

Cidadania (; ) is a Brazilian political party. It was originally founded as the Popular Socialist Party (, PPS) by members of the former Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), as a centre-left social democratic and democratic socialist party.

Key facts

Political party.name: Citizenship
Political party.native_name: Cidadania
Political party.logo: Logomarca_Partido_Cidadania.pngclass=skin-invert
Political party.logo_size: 250px
Political party.colorcode: EC008C
Political party.president: Comte Bittencourt
Political party.general_secretary: Regis Cavalcante
Political party.split: Brazilian Communist Party
Political party.think_tank: Fundação Astrojildo Pereira
Political party.membership_year: 2023
Political party.membership: 431,846
Political party.national: Always Forward
Political party.international: São Paulo Forum (1992–2004)
Political party.blank1_title: Identification number
Political party.blank1: 23
Political party.seats1_title: Federal Senate
Political party.seats2_title: Chamber of Deputies
Political party.seats3_title: Legislative Assemblies

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Official website: cidadania23.org.br

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short name: PPS
inception: 1992-03-19
native label: Partido Popular Socialista
sRGB color hex triplet: B43104

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Electoral results
Presidential elections
Legislative elections
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The PPS launched Ciro Gomes as its presidential cadidate at the 1998 and 2002 elections, on the former Gomes became the third-most voted candidate. Despite its left-wing alignment, PPS moved to be opposition against the Workers' Party since 2004, forming alliances with centre-right parties, in particular the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), and supporting the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.