The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 73 of the 131 seats in the Chamber.
Nevertheless, in this second round, a single candidate would need to win a majority in both the Chamber and the Senate.
At the 2000 election, he won a seat in the Chamber, where he was on the permanent bureau during 2001.
The party first contested national elections in 1998, when it won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.
In that occasion the party came close to winning its second seat in the Chamber.
In the 2003 federal election, it won one seat in the Chamber of Representatives, with 2% of the vote.
At the last legislative elections, 12 March 2006, the party won 2 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.
The party won 3 seats in the Chamber of Deputies but none in the Senate.
It won 122 out of 167 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
In the elections that year they won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies.