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History

The party was established in 1990 and sought to represent the interests of pensioners.Partido da Solidariedade Nacional
CNE In the 1991 parliamentary elections it received 1.68% of the vote and won a seat in the Assembly of the Republic,

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1554–1559 taken by its president, Manuel Sérgio. However, its vote share was reduced to just 0.21% in the 1995 elections, resulting in the party losing its seat. The

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saw the party's vote share remain at 0.21%. After failing to regain parliamentary representation, it did not contest any further elections, and was declared defunct in 2006. The party also contested the elections for the

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and

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, winning no seats in both cases.

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

European Parliament

References

{{Defunct political parties in Portugal Defunct political parties in Portugal Political parties established in 1990 Political parties disestablished in 2006 1990 establishments in Portugal 2006 disestablishments in Portugal Pensioners' parties