Alternative Democratic Pole
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Alternative Democratic Pole
Polo Democrático Alternativo |
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| Leader | Carlos Gaviria Díaz |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Ideology | Democratic Socialism |
| Official colours | yellow1 |
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| Website www.polodemocratico.net |
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The Alternative Democratic Pole (Sp.: Polo Democrático Alternativo or PDA) is a political alliance in Colombia, formed by the Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD).
[edit] Political Development
The PDI and AD initially had their own pre-candidates for the 2006 presidential race. PDI had nominated Antonio Navarro (former leader of M-19) and AD had nominated Carlos Gaviria.
In a primary election held on March 12, 2006, Gaviria won the presidential nomination of the PDA.
In the simultaneous legislative elections of 2006, the party won 9 out of 166 Deputies and 11 out of 100 senators.
At the presidential elections of 28 May 2006, Carlos Gaviria came second with 22.04% of the vote.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Polo Democrático Alternativo (Homepage, Spanish)
- Democracia a distancia: Elecciones 2006 (Portalcol.com) (Information about the Pole's list of candidates to the Colombian Senate, Spanish).
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