The Rebirth of the Social Democratic Party (, RPSD) is a

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. At the

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, 15 December 2002, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 5 out of 160 seats. Since the May 2019

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, it is only represented by one member in parliament,

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Divisions

This party was formed from an division of the former PSD (

Social Democratic Party of Madagascar Social Democratic Party of Madagascar (french: Parti Social Démocrate de Madagascar et des Comores, PSD) is a political party in Madagascar. History The party was founded in 1956 in Majunga district as the Social Democratic Party of Madagascar a ...

), the first party that was in power in Madagascar before the 1972 revolution. This party was reborn as the RPSD, PFDM and RPSD Vaovao.

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, founded the PFDM (Parti Fort Democrate de Madagascar) after having demissed from RPSD in 1996.Madagascar Tribune: Partis dissidents
/ref> Jean Eugène Voninahitsy founded the RPSD Vaovao in 2001 because of incompatibility with the then leader of RPSD, Marson Evariste.

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