Democratic Convergence Party (Guinea-Bissau)

Political party in Guinea-Bissau

Politics of Guinea-Bissau

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Umaro Sissoco Embaló
* Prime Minister

Rui Duarte de Barros

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President: Domingos Simões Pereira

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* Presidential: 2019
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* Legislative: 2023
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Minister: Suzi Barbosa

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The Democratic Convergence Party (Portuguese: Partido da Convergência Democrática, PCD) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.

## History

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The party was formed on 2 August 1991 by Víctor Mandinga.[1] In the 1994 elections it put forward Carlos Gomes Júnior as its candidate as Mandinga was ineligible due to not having both parents born in Guinea-Bissau.[2] In the elections to the National People's Assembly the party received 5.3% of the vote but failed to win a seat.

Prior to the 2004 elections the party joined the United Platform alliance, which failed to win a seat. It contested the 2008 elections as part of the Democratic Alliance, which won a single seat. The party ran alone in the 2014 parliamentary elections, winning two seats.[3]

The alliance contested the 2023 legislative election as part of a PAIGC-led coalition, the Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka, that won 54 out of the 102 available seats.[4]

## Election results

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### National People's Assembly

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Election  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Position  | Status

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1994 | 15,411  | 5.30%  |

0 / 100

| New  |  5th  | Extra-parliamentary
1999 | Did not contest |

0 / 102

|  0  | —  | Extra-parliamentary
2004 | Part of the United Platform |

0 / 100

|  0  |  4th  | Extra-parliamentary
2008 | Part of the Democratic Alliance |  |  |  8th  | Opposition
2014 | 19,757  | 3.37%  |

2 / 102

|  |  4th  | Opposition
2019 | 9,864  | 1.64%  |

0 / 102

|  2  |  6th  | Extra-parliamentary
2023 | Part of the Inclusive Alliance Platform |  |  |  | TBA

## References

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1. ^ Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Scarecrow Press, pix
2. ^ Elections in Guinea-Bissau African Elections Database
3. ^ Seats by party Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine CNE
4. ^ "PAI–Terra Ranke é a grande vencedora das legislativas, com cinquenta e quatro deputados". O Democrata. 8 June 2023.

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Political parties in Guinea-Bissau

Parties with MPs|

* Inclusive Alliance Platform (54)
* PAIGC
* UM
* PCD
* PSD
* MDG
* Madem G15 (29)
* Party for Social Renewal (12)
* Guinean Workers' Party (6)
* Assembly of the People United (1)

Parties without MPs|

* Democratic Social Front
* Guinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy
* Guinean League for Ecological Protection
* Manifest Party of the People
* National Unity Party
* New Democracy Party
* Republican Party for Independence and Development
* Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement
* Socialist Party
* Workers' Party
* United Social Democratic Party

Inactive parties|

* Democratic Front
* Democratic Socialist Party
* Guinean People's Party
* Liberation Front of Guinea
* Liberation Front of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde ‎
* National Union for Democracy and Progress
* Party for Renewal and Development
* Socialist Alliance of Guinea
* Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea
* Unity Movement for Democracy

Defunct alliances|

* Alliance of Patriotic Forces
* Democratic Alliance
* Electoral Union
* United People's Alliance
* United Platform

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