Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)

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For the 1979 political alliance, see Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 1979).
AD — Democratic Alliance
AD — ALIANÇA DEMOCRÁTICA
AbbreviationAD
LeaderLuís Montenegro
FounderLuís Montenegro
Nuno Melo
Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira
Founded7 January 2024
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationPSD
CDS-PP
PPM
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Christian Political Movement
Colours  Blue,   Orange
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
ad2024.pt

The AD — Democratic Alliance (Portuguese: AD — ALIANÇA DEMOCRÁTICA, AD) is a centre-right political alliance in Portugal. Composed of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and People's Monarchist Party (PPM), the alliance is a relaunch of the eponymous alliance which contested elections between 1979 and 1983.

First attempts

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa led an attempt to establish a new Democratic Alliance in 1998, between the PSD and the People's Party (CDS–PP; the former CDS), led by Paulo Portas. It contested the 2004 European elections as Força Portugal, but was subsequently dissolved. However, both the PSD and CDS–PP later agreed to contest the 2014 European elections under a joint list called the Portugal Alliance.

In the 2015 legislative election, PSD and CDS-PP ran together in a coalition called Portugal Ahead.

The Democratic Alliance was revived in the Azores only to contest the 2022 elections. The coalition polled second with 34% of the votes and elected two MPs to Parliament.[1]

2024 Democratic Alliance

After the 2022 legislative election and for the first time in history, CDS–PP failed to win any seats and was wiped out of parliament. In December 2023, Luís Montenegro and Nuno Melo announced a coalition for the 2024 legislative and European Parliament elections, including the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD), the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and some independent politicians under the name Democratic Alliance (AD).[2] At first, the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) refused to join the alliance, citing the "weakness" and "lack of vision" of its leaders,[3] but they later rescinded this position and joined the coalition.[4] The agreement for the coalition was signed on 7 January 2024 between Luís Montenegro, Nuno Melo and Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira, with Miguel Guimarães representing the independents that are also present in the coalition.[5]

This coalition granted CDS–PP two easily eligible seats and four potentially eligible seats, thus making the return of CDS-PP to the Parliament after the 2024 election almost certain.[6] The coalition will also grant one possibly eligible seat to the PPM.[7] The coalition was also revived for the 2024 Azorean regional election.

Members of the Democratic Alliance

Leaders

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

Election Leader Votes % Seats Government
2022[a] Paulo Moniz 28,330 33.9 (#2)
2 / 5
 Opposition
2024 Luís Montenegro 1,867,442 28.8 (#1)
80 / 230
 Coalition

European Parliament

2024 European Parliament election

Election Leader Votes % Seats
2024 Sebastião Bugalho TBD TBD
0 / 21

Regional Assemblies

2024 Azores regional election

Election Leader Votes % Seats Government
2024 José Manuel Bolieiro 48,672 42.1 (#1)
26 / 57
 Coalition

See also

References

  1. ^ "Resultados Globais". Ministry of Internal Administration (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ Lusa, Jornal Económico com (2023-12-21). "PSD e CDS-PP vão avançar com coligação pré-eleitoral para as legislativas e europeias". O Jornal Económico (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. ^ Mesquita, Henrique Pinto de (2023-12-21). "PPM rejeita integrar coligação pré-eleitoral com PSD e CDS, admitida por Montenegro". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  4. ^ Mesquita, Henrique Pinto de (2024-01-03). "Afinal, PPM junta-se ao PSD e CDS e integra a Aliança Democrática". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  5. ^ Martins, Miguel Santos Carrapatoso, Igor. "Aliança Democrática entra em campo: Melo segura a direita, Montenegro tenta seduzir o centro". Observador (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Nuno Melo confirma que coligação garante pelo menos dois deputados ao CDS". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  7. ^ Antunes, Rui Pedro. "PPM em lugar difícil de eleger na nova AD. Só há deputado monárquico se coligação chegar aos 19 deputados em Lisboa". Observador (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-06.

Notes

  1. ^ Only in the Azores.
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