National Democratic Alternative (Portugal)

The National Democratic Alternative (Portuguese: Alternativa Democrática Nacional, ADN), originally the Democratic Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Republicano, PDR) until October 2021, is a Portuguese political party, founded in 2014. In 2022, the party attracted some attention for its COVID-19 denialist views after the party president claimed on a televised debate that "there wasn't an excess of mortality in Portugal because of Covid",^[6] and that "there is proof that only 152 people died of Covid (in Portugal)".^[7]

National Democratic Alternative Alternativa Democrática Nacional
Abbreviation	ADN
President	Bruno Fialho
Founded	28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
Preceded by	Democratic Republican Party
Headquarters	Estrada da Luz, 71 1600–165 Lisboa
Ideology	Social conservatism[1] Anti-establishment[2] COVID-19 denialism COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy Climate change denialism Portuguese nationalism
Political position	Far-right[3][4]
European affiliation	European Christian Political Party (candidate) [5]
Colours	Blue
Assembly of the Republic	0 / 230
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional parliaments	0 / 104
Local government	0 / 2,078
Website
adn.com.pt
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On 22 September 2022, the party left the European Democratic Party due to ideological divergencies regarding the LGBT community.^[8]

The party has a significant support base from Brazilian Evangelical Christians, as Brazilian and Portuguese immigrants have the right to vote in each other's elections. Brazilian congressman and Evangelical pastor Marco Feliciano endorsed the party. Policies that appeal to Evangelicals include opposition to drugs and abortion.^[9][10]

The party achieved its best electoral result in the 2024 Portuguese legislative election. During the election it was involved in a controversy with the Democratic Alliance (AD) spearheaded by the Social Democratic Party (PSD). The AD alleged that ADN was taking its votes by having similar initials. Leader Bruno Fialho said that these allegations were evidence that AD leader Luís Montenegro believed that the Portuguese people were stupid; Fialho added that nobody had confused the PSD with its main rival, the Socialist Party (PS).^[10]

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
2022	Bruno Fialho [pt]	11,451	0.2 (#14)	0 / 230	0	No seats
2024		102,132	1.6 (#9)	0 / 230	0	No seats
2025	Joana Amaral Dias	TBD	TBD	0 / 230	TBD	TBD

European Parliament

Election	List Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024	Joana Amaral Dias	054,120	1.4 (#8)	0 / 21	0	–

Regional assemblies

Region	Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
Azores	2024	Rui Matos	378	0.3 (#10)	0 / 57	New	No seats
Madeira	2024	Miguel Pita	691	0.5 (#12)	0 / 47	0	No seats