Democratic Republican Party (Portugal)

Democratic Republican Party
Partido Democrático Republicano
AbbreviationPDR
PresidentAntónio Marinho e Pinto
Secretary-GeneralJosé Vieira da Cunha
FoundedOctober 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)
LegalisedFebruary 11, 2015 (2015-02-11)
DissolvedSeptember 28, 2021 (2021-09-28)
Split fromEarth Party
Succeeded byNational Democratic Alternative
HeadquartersEstrada da Luz, 71
1600–165 Lisboa
IdeologyPopulism[1][2]
Liberalism[3]
Political positionCentre[1]
European affiliationEuropean Democratic Party
European Parliament groupAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours  blue
Website
www.pdr.pt

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,[4] 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 Leader Votes % Seats +/- Government
2015 António Marinho e Pinto 60,912 1.1 (#7)
0 / 230
 New No seats
2019 11,674 0.2 (#16)
0 / 230
 Steady 0 No seats

European Parliament

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/-
2019 António Marinho e Pinto 15,789 0.5 (#14)
0 / 21
 New

References

  1. ^ a b André Freire; José Santana-Pereira (2016), "The Portuguese National Election of 2015: From Austerity to the fall of the Portuguese «Berlin Wall»", Pôle Sud, 1 (44)
  2. ^ Susana Salgado; José Pedro Zúquete (26 July 2016). "18. Portugal. Discreet Populisms Amid Unfavorable Contexts and Stigmatization" (PDF). Populist Political Communication in Europe. p. 9.
  3. ^ Haute, Emilie van; Close, Caroline (2019). Liberal Parties in Europe. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 9781351245494.
  4. ^ "The PDR, new EDP member". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.