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TheSocial Democratic Party (Portuguese:Partido Social Democrática,PSD) is a political party inGuinea-Bissau.
The party was established in 1995 byJoaquim Baldé. In the1999–2000 general elections Bald was nominated as the party's presidential candidate, but finished eighth with 2.3% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections, the party won three seats in theNational People's Assembly.[1]
Prior to the2004 parliamentary elections the party joined theElectoral Union alliance, which won two seats. It did not contest the2005 presidential elections, but supported runner-upMalam Bacai Sanhá.[1] In 2007António Samba Baldé became party leader, and in theparliamentary elections the following year, the party failed to win a seat.[1]
The PSD did not nominate a candidate for the2009 or2012 presidential elections. In the2014 general elections it did not put forward a candidate for president, but ran in the parliamentary elections, receiving just 0.4% of the vote and failing to win a seat.
The alliance contested the2023 legislative election as part of aPAIGC-led coalition, the Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka, that won 54 out of the 102 available seats.[2]
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
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| 1999 | 3 / 102 | New |  5th | Opposition | ||
| 2004 | Part of theElectoral Union |  5th | Opposition | |||
| 2008 | 6,319 | 1.38% | 0 / 100 |  9th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2014 | 2,302 | 0.39% | 0 / 102 | 0 | 14th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2019 | 2,854 | 0.47% | 0 / 102 | 0 | 14th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2023 | Part of the Inclusive Alliance Platform | TBA | ||||
