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

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%
2 / 88
 New Increase 9th Opposition
2007 4,300 1.03%
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 Decrease 2 Decrease 11th Extra-parliamentary
2012 887 0.19%
0 / 65
 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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