National Democratic Alternative (Portugal)

The National Democratic Alternative (Portuguese: Alternativa Democrática Nacional, ADN), originally the Democratic Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Republicano, PDR) until October 2021, is a Portuguese political party, founded in 2014. It was founded in Coimbra on 5 October 2014 and was legalised by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on 11 February 2015. It was created by António Marinho e Pinto, an MEP formerly for the Earth Party. It was a member of the European Democratic Party,[3] and sat within the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group in the European Parliament.

National Democratic Alternative
Alternativa Democrática Nacional
AbbreviationADN
PresidentBruno Fialho
Founded5 October 2014 (2014-10-05)
Legalised11 February 2015 (2015-02-11)
Split fromEarth Party
HeadquartersEstrada da Luz, 71
1600–165 Lisboa
Ideology
Anti-establishment[2]
Colours  Blue
Assembly of the Republic
0 / 230
European Parliament
0 / 21
Regional
parliaments
0 / 104
Local
government
0 / 2,078
Website
adn.com.pt

In the 2015 legislative elections it did not succeed in electing a member of parliament, receiving 60,912 votes or 1.1% and coming 7th.

In 2022 the party attracted some attention for its denialist position on the Covid-19 pandemic after the party president claimed on a televised debate that "there wasn't an excess of mortality in Portugal because of Covid",[4] and that "there is proof that only 152 people died of Covid (in Portugal)".[5]

On september 22nd 2022 the party would leave the European Democratic Party due to ideological divergencies regarding the LGBT community.[6]

Electoral results

Assembly of the Republic
Election year # of overall
votes		  % of overall
vote		 # of overall
seats won		 +/- Notes
2015 60,912 1.1 (#7)
0 / 230
 N/A New party
2019 11,674 0.22 (#16)
0 / 230
 - -
2022 10,001 0.19 (#15)
0 / 230
 - -


References
  1. "PDR muda de nome para Alternativa Democrática Nacional (ADN) e tem novos estatutos". JM Madeira. 12 October 2021.
  2. "Contra testes, vacinas, máscaras e certificados. O que defende o novo partido ADN e que ligações tem aos movimentos negacionistas".
  3. "The PDR, new EDP member". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  4. Gomes, João Francisco. "Fact Check. "Não houve um excesso de mortalidade em Portugal por causa do Covid", como diz candidato da ADN Bruno Fialho?". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. SAPO. "O debate dos 11 partidos sem assento parlamentar e as 8 mentiras mais polémicas do confronto". Polígrafo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. "ADN desvincula-se do PDE/EDP devido a posições polémicas – Partido ADN". June 2022.
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