The, which approved on Tuesday (29) fusion with Somos, was officially founded in 1988, in a political context of redemocratization, by leaders such as, and Mario Covas.
The toucan was the symbol chosen to represent the new party, emerged from the dissent of a left wing of the left, which had been receiving a flow of more conservative politicians.
Over the course of 36 years of history, the PSDB elected Fernando Henrique to the presidency and was in the government of for 28 years in a row. It also reached expressive benches in Congress, but was losing space after the rise of the right -handed right -wing decade.
Remember some of the main milestones in party history:
José Serra and the beginning of the PSDB
Serra’s candidacy for the City Hall of 1988 was the first significant electoral dispute of the PSDB in its history. Facing ignorance in the capital, he arrived fourth in the single shift dispute, won by Luiza Erundina of the PT.
First presidential dispute
In 1989, a year after the party’s foundation, the toucans launched Mario Covas to the presidential dispute. He was fourth, and (PRN) came out victorious. The PSDB had difficulty electing governors and senators and there was also a drop in the acronym deputies. In the second round, the party supported Lula against Collor.
Real Plan and the victory in the presidency
During the Itamar Franco government, in 1992, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, affiliated with the PSDB, took over the. After eight months in office, it went to the start to the. With the success of economic policy to combat hyperinflation, FHC competed and won the elections for the 1994 presidency in the first round with Lula in second place.
Nationalization of the acronym in the 1994 elections
The Real Plan has also helped the toucans to advance in the House, Senate and State Governments. The party elected, among other names, Serra as senator and covas as governor of São Paulo, along with the vice.
Reelection of Executive Positions
In 1997, during the FHC government, the reelection’s PEC (constitutional amendment proposal) was approved, which allowed the second term of the then president and other heads of the executive in 1998. To approve the amendment in the House.
Aécio in the presidency of the House of Representatives
FHC’s second term was marked by economic crises, which caused the PSDB to have difficulties with the council allied. With this, then, leader of the toucan bench, began to form alliances with other parties. He was the only toucan to head the house.
2002 election and the loss of the presidency
The PSDB bet on José Serra for the 2002 election. The toucan even ran for the presidential presidency, but lost. Still, the party kept the government of Sao Paulo and also won the disputes for ,,, and.
Alckmin throws itself to the Planalto
Alckmin was the toucan candidate for the presidency in 2006. Despite his good performance in the first round, when he reached 41.5% of the valid votes against 48.6% of Lula, the petista reelected himself, even in the midst of the monthly scandal.
Serra tries again the presidency
In 2010, as the main center of opposition to the PT, the PSDB launched Serra again to the presidency. Lost to (PT) in the second round. In state disputes, he once again elected Alckmin in Sao Paulo.
Adhesion to the Temer Government
In 2014, the PSDB tried to return to the Planalto Palace with Aécio, but lost the dispute again to Dilma for a small margin. In 2016, the petista would suffer impeachment, and (MDB) assumed the presidency. Several toucans composed the management of the emedebista, including Serra as foreign minister.
The arrival of João Doria
Taken to PSDB by Alckmin, he played and won the election to the São Paulo City Hall in 2016 in the first round. He even articulated to be the presidential party candidate in 2018 in place of his political godfather, but Alckmin prevailed and was the toucan name for Planalto.
Doria resigned as mayor to run for the government of São Paulo. He was unavailable with Alckmin by waving in search of conservative vote. He even launched the slogan “Bolsodoria” and won the dispute in the second round against (PSB).
Alckmin had only 4.76% of the votes, the worst vote ever obtained by the PSDB in presidential disputes.
In 2020, who had assumed the São Paulo City Hall with the departure of Doria, applied for reelection and won. Seen as a possible new party leadership, he died in 2021 as a result of cancer.
Collapsed in 2022
For the 2022 election, the PSDB even made previews to choose between Gaucho and Doria to run for the presidency. The then governor of Sao Paulo won, but, amid internal divisions and with poor performance in the polls, ended up giving up the candidacy.
The party then participated in the election with Mara Gabrilli as deputy of (MDB). Tebet did not go to the second round and, in the face of the dispute against Bolsonaro, supported Lula, as some toucans such as FHC and Serra also did.
In addition to failure in the presidency, the party also had bad results in the states, having elected Eduardo Leite in Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Riedel in Mato Grosso do Sul and Pernambuco.
The main setback of the subtitle was in the dispute for the government of São Paulo, in a defeat that marked the end of 28 years of toucan administration in the state. On the occasion, Rodrigo Garcia did not go to the second round, and Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) was elected.
Even in the face of the party’s loss of political force, the PSDB still tried to launch to the São Paulo City Hall in 2024, although part of the toucans supported Ricardo Nunes (MDB). The TV presenter reached only 1.84% of the votes, the worst result of the acronym in history for the position, and was still marked by the chair that gave (PRTB) during a TV debate.
