Portuguese Democratic Movement

The Portuguese Democratic Movement / Democratic Electoral Commissions (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático Português / Comissões Democráticas Eleitorais or MDP/CDE or just MDP) was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposition to the Portuguese Fascist Regime. It was founded in 1969, being an electoral coalition meant to run to the non-democratic and widely manipulated parliamentary election.

In 1973 MDP took part in the Democratic Congress of Aveiro, the biggest meeting of democratic militants during the reign of the dictature. After the Carnation Revolution, in 1974, it made part of every provisional governments, with exception of the 6th and in 1979 ran in coalition with the Portuguese Communist Party in the FEPU and later in APU, achieving important electoral results.

In 1987, in dissidence with the PCP the party didn't participated in the coalition and was later disbanded in order to form another Party, Politics 21 (Portuguese: Política XXI) that now is part of the Leftwing Bloc.