People's Democratic Party (Spain)
| People's Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Popular |
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| Founded | 21 July 1982 |
| Dissolved | 4 June 1989 |
| Split from | Union of the Democratic Centre |
| Merged into | People's Party |
| Ideology | Christian democracy[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| Politics of Spain Political parties Elections |
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The People's Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Popular, PDP), renamed as Christian Democracy (Spanish: Democracia Cristiana, DC) from March 1988 until its merging into the People's Party in 1991,[2] was a Christian-democratic political party in Spain.
The PDP was originally integrated as a faction within the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) until August 1982, when 13 deputies under Óscar Alzaga split from the UCD and founded the PDP, entering into alliance with the People's Alliance (AP), which received the second largest number of votes in the 1982 and 1986 general elections.
In 1989 the party, along with the Popular Alliance and the Liberal Party (PL), merged with others to create the new People's Party (PP).
The party President was Óscar Alzaga until 1986, then Javier Rupérez led the party into a merger with AP and PL. Jaime Mayor Oreja, now a leading PP politician, was a leading member of PDP.
The PDP was a member of the European People's Party from 1986 onwards.[3]
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Election results
Congress of Deputies and Senate
| Election | Congress of Deputies | Senate | Rank | Government | Leader | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Seats won | +/− | ||||
| 1982 | w. AP-PDP coalition |
15 / 350
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 15 |
10 / 208
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10 |
#2 | Opposition | Óscar Alzaga | ||
| 1986 | w. People's Coalition |
21 / 350
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6 |
11 / 208
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1 |
#2 | Opposition | Óscar Alzaga | ||
European Parliament
| European Parliament | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Candidate |
| 1987 | 170,866 | 0.9% | New |
0 / 60
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±0 | #12 | Javier Rupérez |
Local councils
| Local councils | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Leader |
| 1983 | w. People's Coalition |
20,671 / 67,312
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Undeterminable | Óscar Alzaga | |||
| 1987 | 319,519 | 1.6% | New |
1,520 / 65,577
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1,520 |
#7 | Óscar Alzaga |
