Social Democratic Party (Cape Verde)
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The Social Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Social Democrático, PSD) is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...
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History

The PSD was established by João Alem in 1992 as a split from the
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union The Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union ( pt, União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática, UCID) is a conservative political party in Cape Verde. History The party had its roots in the Democratic Union of Cape Verde (''União Demo ...
(UCID).Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Scarecrow Press, p181 In the 1995 parliamentary elections it received only 1,030 votes (0.7%), failing to win a seat. The
2001 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2001. Africa * 2001 Beninese presidential election * 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election * 2001 Chadian presidential election * 2001 Gabonese legislat ...
saw the party receive just 620 votes (0.5%). Its vote share fell to 0.4% in the 2006 elections and 0.2% in the
2011 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2011. * Local electoral calendar 2011 * National electoral calendar 2011 * 2011 United Nations Security Council election Africa * 2011 Beninese presidential election * 2011 Beninese parliamentary el ...
.Elections in Cape Verde
African Elections Database


References

Political parties in Cape Verde Social democratic parties Political parties established in 1992 1992 establishments in Cape Verde Socialism in Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-party-stub