The People's Democratic Party ( mk, Народна демократска партија, ''Narodna Demokratska Partija'', NDP) was an

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political party in Macedonia based in

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History

The party was established in July 1990, and was formally registered on 1 August. Iljaz Halimi was appointed party president, whilst

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became secretary. It contested the 1990 parliamentary elections, at a time when Macedonia was still part of

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. Running alone, it received 0.4% of the vote in the first round and 0.5% in the second, winning a single seat in the

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1282 It also ran in alliance with the

Party for Democratic Prosperity The Party for Democratic Prosperity or PDP ( al, Partia për prosperitet demokratik, PPD; mk, Партија за демократски просперитет, ПДП) is an ethnic Albanian political party in North Macedonia. The party was fo ...

in some areas, with the alliance winning five seats. In the 1994 elections the party increased its vote share to 3%, winning four seats. In 1997 it merged with the Party for Democratic Prosperity of Albanians to form the

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.Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA
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References

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