Coalitions in proportional elections and candidate strategy: observing the (de)nationalization of Brazilian parties
political parties, candidacies, nationalization
In this dissertation, we are guided by the question of how changes in electoral norms can impact the strategies of electoral participation for political parties. The reform implemented in 2020 put an end to coalitions in proportional elections and had as one of its objectives the reduction of political parties in Brazil. Our main objective is to observe if, between the elections of 2000 and 2020, parties behaved in a more nationalized way depending on the current rules. More specifically, we seek to analyze their presence in electoral districts and the patterns of participation in all of the elections from the period. We found that in 2020 there was a significant territorial retraction in party participation for municipal elections in Brazil, indicating a process of denationalization.