The Progressive Democratic Party ( Malay: Parti Demokratik Progresif, Abbrev: PDP), formerly known as Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party ( Abbrev: SPDP), is a

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-based

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founded in 2002.

Party history

The party was founded in the wake of the de-registration of the

Sarawak National Party The Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct List of political parties in Malaysia, political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of the Alliance Party (Malaysia), Alliance Party from 1963 to 1966 and a member ...

in November 2002 by a faction aligned to the

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Abdul Taib Mahmud Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (; 21 May 1936 – 21 February 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as the seventh Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak from 2014 to 2024 and the fourth Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1981 to 2014. He is referred to a ...

, led by William Mawan Ikom. The party has since rebranded in using a new name - Progressive Democratic Party since 2017 and has planned to expand to certain

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n states e.g.

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and

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(where it has established 6 divisions in 2017), though the party is mostly active in Sarawak. It is one of the former component party of the

Barisan Nasional Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in ...

coalition. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election and in the aftermath of meeting between all Sarawak-based BN coalition parties on 12 June 2018, PDP left the coalition to form a new Sarawak-based coalition of Sarawak Parties Alliance. On April 2024, Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) were merged into PDP and its members were accepted into PDP, including 3 MLAs of PSB.

Electoral history

At the 2011 Sarawak state election, PDP won six out of the eight seats it contested. In the 2013 General Election, all 4 of their candidates won their respective seats, including William Mawan himself, where he won in P205 Saratok, against Ali Biju of PKR. At the

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, PDP won five out of the six seats it contested.

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

* Appointed by His Majesty the

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** Pele Peter Tinggom

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

PDP has 2 MPs in the

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Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

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General election results

State election results

References

External links

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