The Social Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Socialdemócrata, PSD) was a political party in Mexico during the late 1970s to 1982 with a moderate leftist tendency. It was founded by Manuel Moreno Sánchez , a former member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party[1][2][3]
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| Abbreviation | PSD |
| Founder | Manuel Moreno Sánchez |
| Founded | Late 1970s |
| Registered | December 14, 1980 |
| Dissolved | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
| Ideology | Social democracy Liberalism Secularism Revolutionary nationalism New left |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
Advocating revolutionary nationalism and a new left stance and founded due to political reforms implemented by José López Portillo y Pacheco. The party was registered on 14 December 1980 [4] which eventually became part of the 1982 elections, in which it nominated Moreno as its presidential candidate. He received 48,412 votes (0.21%) less than the 2% of the vote required to retain party registration, the party dissolved and disappeared.
Election Results
editPresidential elections
edit| Election year | Candidate | # votes | % vote | Result | Note |
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| 1982 | Manuel Moreno Sánchez | 48,413 | 0.21 |  Defeated
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References
edit- ^ Bruhn, Kathleen (2010-11-01). Taking on Goliath: The Emergence of a New Left Party and the Struggle for Democracy in Mexico. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-04278-7.
- ^ Ortiz, César Jiménez (2004). Política a la mexicana: (políticos y partidos) (in Spanish). Fundación Universitaria de Derecho, Administración y Política (FUNDAp). ISBN 978-968-5435-39-0.
- ^ "La Jornada". www.jornada.com.mx. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ Casanova, Pablo González (1986). El estado y los partidos políticos en México: ensayos (in Spanish). Ediciones Era. ISBN 978-968-411-150-9.
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