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

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Eurosceptic

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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 Manuel Monteiro's separation from the

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. The party was a member of the EUDemocrats. 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 José Manuel Coelho. He won 4.5% of the vote: greatly surpassing expectations and pre-election polling. The party's registration was cancelled by the

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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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