The Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (, PRONA) was a nationalist political party in Brazil. Its electoral code was 56 and its colors were the traditional Brazilian green and yellow. It was founded in 1989 by the cardiologist, professor and politician Enéas Carneiro, who was the president of the party. Its political broadcasts during the pre-election campaigning periods became famous and distinct for the speed in which they were produced due to the very short time the party had available and also because of the use of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as soundtrack.

The party was strongly identified with the figure of Enéas, who was candidate to the presidency of Brazil in 1989, 1994 and 1998.

Corruption

The , based on data released by the Superior Electoral Court on 4 October 2007, released a balance sheet containing parties with the largest number of members of the judiciary who had been expelled for corruption since the year 2000. PRONA appeared in last place, with a single expel, tied with the Humanist Party of Solidarity, Green Party and Progressive Republican Party.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Candidate

! rowspan="2" |Running mate

! colspan="2" scope="col" |First round

! colspan="2" |Second round

! rowspan="2" |Result

|-

!Votes

!%

!Votes

!%

|-

!1989

| rowspan="3" | Enéas Carneiro

| Lenine Madeira

| 360,561

|

| bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|

|-

! 1994

| Roberto Gama e Silva

| 4,671,457

|

| bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|

|-

! 1998

| Irapuan Teixeira

| 1,447,090

|

| bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|

|-

| colspan=8 | Sources: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral , Georgetown University

|}

National Congress elections

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan=2 | Election

! scope="col" colspan=4 |Chamber of Deputies

! scope="col" colspan=3 |Federal Senate

|-

!Votes

!%

!Seats

!+/–

!Votes

!%

!Seats

|-

! 1990

| 12,464

| 0.03%

|

| New

| colspan=2

|

|-

! 1994

| 308,031

| 0.67%

|

| 0

| 1,150,157

| 1.20%

|

|-

! 1998

| 592,632

| 0.89%

|

| 1

| 376,040

| 0.61%

|

|-

! 2002

| 1,804,104

| 2.06%

|

| 5

| 145,016

| 0.09%

|

|-

! 2006

| 907,494

| 0.97%

|

| 4

| 69,640

| 0.08%

|

|-

| colspan=9 | Sources: Nohlen, Election Resources

|}

References

  • Official party website (in Portuguese)