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For the self-proclaimed successor of the PRP see the unofficial name: Democratic Party (Portugal)
Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Democratic Party , officially known as the Portuguese Republican Party , was a Portuguese left-wing political party during the Portuguese First Republic...

The Portuguese Republican Party was a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

formed during the late years of monarchy that proposed and conducted the substitution of the Constitutional Monarchy by the Portuguese First Republic

Portuguese First Republic

The Portuguese First Republic spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy marked by the 5 October 1910 revolution and the 28 May coup d'état of 1926...

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When the Republic was established on October 5, 1910, the members of the party initially stood together, but a few years later began dividing themselves into multiple parties like the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Democratic Party , officially known as the Portuguese Republican Party , was a Portuguese left-wing political party during the Portuguese First Republic...

, Democratic Leftwing Republican Party

Democratic Leftwing Republican Party

The Democratic Leftwing Republican Party was a political party in Portugal, led by José Domingues dos Santos . It was founded in 1925 by leftwing dissidents of the Portuguese Republican Party. The party won seven parliamentary seats in the November 1925 election. The party existed for about two...

, Reformist Party, Republican Union Party (Unionist Party/Republican Union), Evolutionist Republican Party, Centrist Republican Party, Popular Party, Radical Party, Liberal Republican Party, Liberal Republican Union, National Reconstitution Republican Party and Nationalist Republican Party.

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