Christian Democratic Party (Timor-Leste)

The Christian Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrata Cristão) is a centre-left political party in Timor-Leste.

Christian Democratic Party Partido Democrata Cristão
Leader	António Ximenes
Founded	5 August 2000 (2000-08-05)
Ideology	Christian left [citation needed]
Political position	Centre-left
National Parliament	0 / 65
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In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 2 out of 88 seats.^[1] In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2007, the PDC won 4,300 votes, 1.03% of the total, and did not win any seats in parliament, as it did not reach the 3% threshold to win seats.^[2]

Election results

Legislative elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2001	António Ximenes	7,181	1.98%	2 / 88	New	9th	Opposition
2007		4,300	1.03%	0 / 65	2	11th	Extra-parliamentary
2012		887	0.19%	0 / 65	0	21st	Extra-parliamentary
2017		1,764	0.31%	0 / 65	0	18th	Extra-parliamentary
2018[a]		3,188	0.51%	0 / 65	0	8th	Extra-parliamentary
2023		1,262	0.18%	0 / 65	0	13th	Extra-parliamentary

1. Run as part of the Social Democratic Movement coalition (CASDT, PSD, PST and PDC).

References

1. Elections Today
2. "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections", Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.