Democratic Republican Party (Portugal) Explained

Country:Portugal
Democratic Republican Party
Native Name:Partido Democrático Republicano
Abbreviation:PDR
President:António Marinho e Pinto
Secretary General:José Vieira da Cunha
Split:Earth Party
Successor:National Democratic Alternative
Position:Centre
Headquarters:Estrada da Luz, 71
1600–165 Lisboa
Europarl:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours: blue

The Democratic Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Republicano, PDR) was a liberal Portuguese political party, founded in 2014. It was founded in Coimbra on 5 October 2014 and was legalised by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on 11 February 2015. It was created by António Marinho e Pinto, an MEP formerly for the Earth Party. It is a member of the European Democratic Party,[1] and sat within the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group in the European Parliament.

In the 2015 legislative elections it did not succeed in electing a member of parliament, receiving 60,912 votes or 1.1% and coming 7th.

Electoral results

Assembly of the Republic

Election year
  1. of overall
    votes
% of overall
vote
  1. of overall
    seats won
+/-Notes
201560,912 1.1 (#7)N/ANew party
201911,6740.22 (#16)--

European Parliament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The PDR, new EDP member . 2015-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721202836/http://pde-edp.eu/en/news/communiques/the-pdr-new-edp-member . 2015-07-21 . dead .