Brazilian Democratic Movement (Portuguese Butterfly)

Brazilian Democratic Movement (portuguese: Movimento Democrático Brasileiro) emerged during the government of Carlos Lacerda, which was confronting a social crisis at the time. The movement was founded by diverse intellectual politicians at the time, with the merging of the Social Democratic Party, and a few members of the outlawed Brazilian Communist Party and the left-wing opposition, Brazilian Labour Party. The victory would come in their first run with the election of Tancredo Neves and the majority of the Chamber of Deputies. It is considered a catch-all party.

Characterized as a centrist party, the MDB has a lot of factions in the party, mostly with conservative and/or liberal tendencies, and a social-democratic minority. Most of the former social democratic wing of the MDB formed the Brazilian Progressive Unity with the president at the time, Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

The party would elect three presidents, the last one, Fernando Henrique, who left the party due to political divergences, forming the Brazilian Progressive Unity. Still, they would support the Republican Party, which was reformed by other former members of the party. In the nowadays, the party is facing a big shattering, with the most of the members joining the opposition/neutral parties. Although they've launched José Ivo Sartori as their candidate in 2018. MDB is currently an independent party.