Christian Democratic Party (East Timor)

The Christian Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrata Cristão) is a centre-left political party in East Timor.

Christian Democratic Party
Partido Democrata Cristão
LeaderAntónio Ximenes
Founded5 August 2000 (2000-08-05)
IdeologyChristian left
Political positionCentre-left
National Parliament
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In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 2 out of 88 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2007, the PDC won 4,300 votes, 1.03% of the total, and did not win any seats in parliament, as it did not reach the 3% threshold to win seats.[1]

Election results

Legislative elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2001 António Ximenes 7,181 1.98%
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 New Increase 9th Opposition
2007 4,300 1.03%
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 Decrease 2 Decrease 11th Extra-parliamentary
2012 887 0.19%
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 Steady 0 Decrease 21st Extra-parliamentary
2017 1,764 0.31%
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 Steady 0 Increase 18th Extra-parliamentary
2018[lower-alpha 1] 3,188 0.51%
0 / 65
 Steady 0 Increase 8th Extra-parliamentary
2023 1,262 0.18%
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 Steady 0 Decrease 13th Extra-parliamentary
  1. Run as part of the Social Democratic Movement coalition (CASDT, PSD, PST and PDC).

References
  1. "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections", Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.


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