The Democratic Republican Party (, PDR) was a

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, founded in 2014. It was founded in Coimbra on 5 October 2014 and was legalised by the

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on 11 February 2015. It was created by

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, an MEP formerly for the

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. It was a member of the

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, and sat within the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group in the

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. 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.

Electoral results

Assembly of the Republic

European Parliament

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