The Democratic Renewal Party (, PRD) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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History

The PRD was established in 2000 by Jacinto Santos, a former member of the Movement for Democracy, who had served as mayor of

Praia Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.

.Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Scarecrow Press, p181 The party received 3.4% of the vote in the

2001 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2001. Africa * 2001 Beninese presidential election * 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election * 2001 Chadian presidential election * 2001 Gabonese legislat ...

, but failed to win a seat in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

. Its vote share subsequently fell to 0.7% in the 2006 parliamentary elections.

References

Defunct political parties in Cape Verde Political parties established in 2000 2000 establishments in Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-party-stub