The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left

Centre-left

Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...

 Social democratic 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...

 in Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

. In the parliamentary election

Rwandan parliamentary election, 2003

Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 29 September and 3 October 2003. They were the first parliamentary elections since 1988 and were held following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in August 2003....

 held on 30 September 2003, the party won 12.3% of the popular vote and 7 out of 53 seats. It also received 7 seats in the 2008 elections

Rwandan parliamentary election, 2008

A parliamentary election was held in Rwanda from 15 September to 18 September 2008. There were 80 seats at stake in the Chamber of Deputies, 53 directly elected and 27 indirectly elected. No opposition parties participated in the election...

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The PSD supported President Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame is the sixth and current President of the Republic of Rwanda. He rose to prominence as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front , whose victory over the incumbent government in July 1994 effectively ended the Rwandan genocide...

 in the 2003 presidential election

Rwandan presidential election, 2003

A presidential election was held in Rwanda on 25 August 2003. Paul Kagame easily won the election against a weak opposition.-Source:*...

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In the 2010 Rwandan presidential elections

Rwandan presidential election, 2010

A presidential election was held in Rwanda on 2010, the second since the Rwandan civil war. The incumbent President Paul Kagame, of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, was re-elected for a second term.-Background:...

 the party fielded Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo

Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo

Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo is a Rwandan politician who was appointed Minister of Health in 2006, and was a candidate in the 2010 Rwandan presidential elections....

as their candidate.
The incumbent Paul Kagame gained 92.9% of the vote and Ntawukuriryayo came second with 4.9%.