The Aruban Democratic Party (

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: ''Partido Democratico Arubano''; PDA) is a former

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. The party was founded in 1983 by Leonard Berlinski. It contested elections in Aruba from

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, with its peak coming in 1985, when it won 9.99% of the vote and 2 of the 21 seats, when it also took part in the governing coalition.

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