Social Democratic Party (Mexico, 1980)
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Not to be confused with Social Democratic Party (Mexico).
The Social Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Socialdemócrata, PSD) was a political party in Mexico during the late 1970s to 1982 with a moderate leftist tendency. It was founded by Manuel Moreno Sánchez [es] , a former member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party[1][2][3]
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Abbreviation | PSD |
Founder | Manuel Moreno Sánchez |
Founded | Late 1970s |
Registered | December 14, 1980; 43 years ago (1980-12-14) |
Dissolved | 1982 |
Headquarters | Mexico City |
Ideology | Social democracy Liberalism Secularism Revolutionary nationalism New left |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
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Advocating revolutionary nationalism and a new left stance and founded due to political reforms implemented by José López Portillo y Pacheco. The party was registered on 14 December 1980 [4] which eventually became part of the 1982 elections, in which it nominated Moreno as its presidential candidate. He received 48,412 votes (0.21%) less than the 2% of the vote required to retain party registration, the party dissolved and disappeared.