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The Christian Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC) is a political party in Paraguay.
History
The party was established in the 1960s and was one of the parties that renounced violence as a means of toppling the Stroessner regime.[1] However, the party did not contest a national election until Stroessner was overthrown in 1989.[2] In the general elections later that year it received 1% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. It won a single seat in the 1991 Constitutional Assembly election, and in the 1993 general elections ran as part of the Social Democratic Coalition with the Paraguayan Humanist Party, but failed to win a seat. It again failed to win a seat in the 1998 elections, and the 2003 elections saw its vote share drop to just 0.2% in the Senate elections and 0.1% in the Chamber of Deputies election.[3] For the 2008 elections it was part of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, which won two seats.
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p416 ISBN 9780199283583
- ^ Nohlen, p428
- ^ Nohlen, p431
Political parties in Paraguay 
Current parties Authentic Radical Liberal Party · Beloved Fatherland Movement · Colorado Party · Democratic Progressive Party · Departmental Alliance Boquerón · Left regroupment · National Union of Ethical Citizens · Paraguayan Communist Party · Paraguayan Humanist Party · Patriotic Alliance for Change (Revolutionary Febrerista Party · National Encounter Party · Party for a Country of Solidarity · Christian Democratic Party · Movement for Socialism · Broad Front · Progressive Democratic Party) · Popular Democratic Movement · Popular Movement Tekojoja · Revolutionary Socialist Party · Tetã Pyahu Movement · United Left (Partido Patria Libre · Workers' Party · Socialist Revolutionary Nucleus · April 19 Indigenous Movement · Paraguayan Socialist Party)Defunct parties Citizen's Force Movement · Liberal Party · National Christian Union · National Renewal Movement · Paraguayan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) · Radical Liberal Party · Unified Radical Liberal Party · United National Liberation FrontPortal:Politics · List of political parties · Politics of Paraguay Categories:- Political parties in Paraguay
- Christian democratic parties
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