Portuguese Democratic Movement

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Portuguese Democratic Movement Movimento Democrático Português
President	Francisco Pereira de Moura
Founded	1969 (1969)
Dissolved	28 March 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03-28)
Succeeded by	Politics XXI
Headquarters	Lisbon
Think tank	Democratic Intervention
Ideology	Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	United People Alliance (1979–1987)
Colours	Red and black
Politics of Portugal Political parties Elections

The Portuguese Democratic Movement/Democratic Electoral Commission (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático Português / Comissão Democrática Eleitoral, MDP/CDE or just MDP) was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposition to the Estado Novo. It was founded in 1969 as an electoral coalition meant to run in the non-democratic and widely manipulated parliamentary election.