The New Democracy Party ( pt, Partido da Nova Democracia, ) was a small Portuguese

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. In voting ballots, its name appeared only as New Democracy, with the

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unchanged. The party was founded in 2003. It was, at the time, a new party which resulted from

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's separation from the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party. The party was a member of the

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. Manuel Monteiro eventually would leave the party in 2009, which was led, since then, by Joel Viana until its extinction. In the 2011 presidential election, the PND's candidate was

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. He won 4.5% of the vote: greatly surpassing expectations and pre-election polling. The party's registration was cancelled by the Constitutional Court on 23 September 2015, after the party failed to submit its required annual report in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

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New Democracy Party official web site
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