The Social Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Social Democrático, PSD) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

History

The PSD was established by João Alem in 1992 as a split from the

Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union The Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union ( pt, União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática, UCID) is a conservative political party in Cape Verde. History The party had its roots in the Democratic Union of Cape Verde (''União Dem ...

(UCID).Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Scarecrow Press, p181 In the 1995 parliamentary elections it received only 1,030 votes (0.7%), failing to win a seat. The 2001 elections saw the party receive just 620 votes (0.5%). Its vote share fell to 0.4% in the

2006 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2006. * Elections in 2006 * Electoral calendar 2006 * 2006 Acehnese regional election * 2006 American Samoan legislative election * 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2006 Costa Rican presidenti ...

and 0.2% in the 2011 elections.Elections in Cape Verde
African Elections Database

References

Political parties in Cape Verde Social democratic parties Political parties established in 1992 1992 establishments in Cape Verde Socialism in Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-party-stub