Christian Democratic Party (East Timor) Explained

Christian Democratic Party
Leader:António Ximenes
Country:East Timor
Native Name:Partido Democrata Cristão
Native Name Lang:pt
Position:Centre-left
Seats1 Title:National Parliament

The Christian Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrata Cristão) is a centre-left political party in East Timor.

In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 2 out of 88 seats.[1] In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2007, the PDC won 4,300 votes, 1.03% of the total, and did not win any seats in parliament, as it did not reach the 3% threshold to win seats.[2]

Election results

Legislative elections

ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
2001António Ximenes7,1811.98%New 9th
20074,3001.03% 2 11th
20128870.19% 0 21st
20171,7640.31% 0 18th
20183,1880.51% 0 8th
20231,2620.18% 0 13th

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1WAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT19&lpg=PT19&dq=Socialist+Party+of+Timor+6483&source=bl&ots=Hx8J-t_5MD&sig=ACfU3U3noOvHCLJ2BjqcQfQRJohwVUpVLQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLocLsxdnrAhVJi6QKHZq9DcYQ6AEwEnoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=Socialist%20Party%20of%20Timor%206483&f=false Elections Today
  2. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20071025020302/http://www.cne.tl/Eleisaun_Parlamentar/ACTA%20FINAL/aviso_publico_final%2009-07-07-ENGLISH.pdf "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections"