{{Short description|Defunct political party in Portugal}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox political party | colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Electoral Commission}} | name = Portuguese Democratic Movement | native_name = Movimento Democrático Português | logo = Símbolo do MDP-CDE.png | logo_size = 200px | leader1_title = President | leader1_name = Francisco Pereira de Moura | foundation = {{Start date|1969}} | dissolution = {{End date and age|1994|3|28|df=y}} | successor = Politics XXI | headquarters = Lisbon | think_tank = Democratic Intervention | ideology = Left-wing nationalism<br>Democratic socialism | position = Left-wing | national = United People Alliance {{small|(1979–1987)}} | international = | colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Electoral Commission}}|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|#000000|border=darkgray}} Red and black | country = Portugal }}
The '''Portuguese Democratic Movement/Democratic Electoral Commission''' (Portuguese: ''Movimento Democrático Português / Comissão Democrática Eleitoral'', '''MDP/CDE''' or just '''MDP''') was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposition to the Estado Novo. It was founded in 1969 as an electoral coalition meant to run in the non-democratic and widely manipulated parliamentary election.
==History== thumb|A MDP/CDE graffito In 1973 the MDP took part in the Democratic Congress of Aveiro, the largest meeting of democratic militants during the dictatorship. After the Carnation Revolution in 1974, it was made part of every provisional government, with exception of the 6th and in 1979 it ran in coalition with the Portuguese Communist Party in the FEPU and later in APU, achieving important electoral results.
In 1986,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/retrospetiva-dos-acontecimentos-nacionais-em-1986/|title=Retrospetiva dos acontecimentos nacionais em 1986}}</ref> disagreements with the PCP arose, the coalition was dissolved and the MDP was later disbanded. A fraction formed the political association Democratic Intervention (Portuguese: Intervenção Democrática) and another group formed a new party, the Politics XXI (Portuguese: Política XXI) that now is part of the Left Bloc.
== Electoral history ==
=== Assembly of the Republic === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Election ! width="203px" |Leader !Votes !% !Seats !+/- !Government |- !1969 |align="left"|Francisco Pereira de Moura |114,745 |10.3 (#2) |{{Composition bar|0|130|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |''New'' |{{N/A|No seats}} |- !1973 | colspan="6" |''Withrew before the ballot'' |- !1975 |align="left"|Francisco Pereira de Moura |236,318 |4.1 (#5) |{{Composition bar|5|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |{{increase}} 5 |Constituent assembly |- !1976 | colspan="6" |''Did not contest'' |- !1979 | rowspan="5" align="left"|{{ill|José Manuel Tengarrinha|lt=José Manuel Tengarrinha|pt|José Manuel Tengarrinha}} | colspan="2" rowspan="4" align="right"|''United People Alliance'' |{{Composition bar|3|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |{{increase}} 3 |{{no2|Opposition}} |- !1980 |{{Composition bar|2|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |{{no2|Opposition}} |- !1983 |{{Composition bar|3|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |{{increase}} 1 |{{no2|Opposition}} |- !1985 |{{Composition bar|3|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |{{steady}} 0 |{{no2|Opposition}} |- !1987 |32,067 |0.6 (#8) |{{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |{{N/A|No seats}} |}
=== European Parliament === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Election !Leader !Votes !% !Seats !+/– !EP Group |- !1987 |align="left"| |27,678 |0.5 (#10) |{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} | | rowspan="2" |– |- !1989 |align="left"|António Victorino de Almeida |56,900 |1.4 (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Portuguese Democratic Movement}}}} |{{steady}} 0 |}
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