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The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrática, PSD) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
History
The party was established in 1995 by Joaquim Baldé. In the 1999–2000 general elections Bald was nominated as the party's presidential candidate, but finished eighth with 2.3% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections, the party won three seats in the National People's Assembly.
Prior to the 2004 parliamentary elections the party joined the Electoral Union alliance, which won two seats. It did not contest the 2005 presidential elections, but supported runner-up Malam Bacai Sanhá. In 2007 António Samba Baldé became party leader, and in the parliamentary elections the following year, the party failed to win a seat.
The PSD did not nominate a candidate for the 2009 or 2012 presidential elections. In the 2014 general elections it did not put forward a candidate for president, but ran in the parliamentary elections, receiving just 0.4% of the vote and failing to win a seat.