Democratic Republican Party (Portugal)

Democratic Republican Party Partido Democrático Republicano

Abbreviation	PDR
President	António Marinho e Pinto
Secretary-General	José Vieira da Cunha
Founded	5 October 2014 (2014-10-05)
Legalised	11 February 2015 (2015-02-11)
Headquarters	Estrada da Luz, 71 1600–165 Lisboa
Ideology	Liberalism, Social liberalism, Populism, Euroscepticism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
European affiliation	European Democratic Party
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours	Black
Assembly of the Republic	0 / 230
European Parliament	1 / 21
Regional parliaments	0 / 104
Local government	0 / 2,078
Website
pdr-partidodemocraticorepublicano.pt/
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The Democratic Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Republicano, PDR) is a liberal and social-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 is member of the European Democratic Party^[1] and sits within the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group in the European Parliament.

In the 2015 legislative elections it did not succeed in elect any member of parliament, only casting 60,912 votes in ballot boxes, ranked 7th.

Electoral results

Assembly of the Republic

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/-	Notes
2015	60,912	1.1 (#7)	0 / 230	N/A	New party

References

↑ The PDR, new EDP member

Political parties in Portugal

Parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic (230)	Social Democratic Party (89) Socialist Party (86) Left Bloc (19) CDS – People's Party (18) Unitary Democratic Coalition (17: Portuguese Communist Party, 15 — Ecologist Party "The Greens", 2) People–Animals–Nature (1)

Legislative Assembly of the Azores Autonomous Region (57)	Socialist Party (31) Social Democratic Party (20) CDS – People's Party (3) Left Bloc (1) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (1) People's Monarchist Party (1)

Legislative Assembly of the Madeira Autonomous Region (47)	Social Democratic Party (24) CDS – People's Party (7) Change Coalition (Socialist Party — Portuguese Labour Party — People–Animals–Nature – Earth Party) (6) Together for the People (5) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (2) Left Bloc (2) Independent (elected for the, now extinct, New Democracy Party) (1)

European Parliament (21)	Socialist Party (8) Social Democratic Party (6) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (3) Democratic Republican Party (1) Earth Party (1) CDS – People's Party (1) Left Bloc (1)

Non-parliamentary parties	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar National Renovator Party Socialist Alternative Movement We, the Citizens! United Party of Retirees and Pensioners Christian Democratic and Citizenship Party Liberal Democratic Party Workers Party of Socialist Unity

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