CDS – People's Party
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The CDS – People's Party is a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Portugal. It is characterized as being between the centre-right and right-wing of the political spectrum. In voting ballots, the party's name appears only as the People's Party, with the abbreviation CDS–PP unchanged.
CDS-PP rally in January 2005 in Europarque, Santa Maria da Feira, with more than 5,000 people.
Paulo Portas was leader of the CDS-PP from 1998 to 2005, and again from 2007 to 2016.
Party logo, 1974–1982
Party logo, 1993–2009
1976 Portuguese legislative election
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The 1976 Portuguese legislative election was held on Sunday 25 April, exactly one year after the previous election, and two years after the Carnation Revolution. With a new Constitution approved, the country's main aim was economic recovery and strengthening its democratic institutions. The election renewed all 263 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
Image: Mário Soares 1975b (cropped)
Image: Francisco Sá Carneiro
Image: Alvaro Cunhal 1980 (cropped)
Vasco Gonçalves.