title: Democratic Convergence Party (Guinea-Bissau)
text: # Democratic Convergence Party (Guinea-Bissau)
  
  The Democratic Convergence Party (Portuguese: Partido da Convergência Democrática, PCD) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
  
  ## History
  
  The party was formed on 2 August 1991 by Víctor Mandinga. In the 1994 elections it put forward Carlos Gomes Júnior as its candidate as Mandinga was ineligible due to not having both parents born in Guinea-Bissau. In the elections to the National People's Assembly the party received 5.3% of the vote but failed to win a seat.
  
  Prior to the 2004 elections the party joined the United Platform alliance, which failed to win a seat. It contested the 2008 elections as part of the Democratic Alliance, which won a single seat. The party ran alone in the 2014 parliamentary elections, winning two seats.
  
  The alliance contested the 2023 legislative election as part of a PAIGC-led coalition, the Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka, that won 54 out of the 102 available seats.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### National People's Assembly
  
  | Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1994 | 15,411 | 5.30% | 0 / 100 | New | 5th | Extra-parliamentary |
  | 1999 | Did not contest | Did not contest | 0 / 102 | 0 | — | Extra-parliamentary |
  | 2004 | Part of the United Platform | Part of the United Platform | 0 / 100 | 0 | 4th | Extra-parliamentary |
  | 2008 | Part of the Democratic Alliance | Part of the Democratic Alliance | | | 8th | Opposition |
  | 2014 | 19,757 | 3.37% | 2 / 102 | | 4th | Opposition |
  | 2019 | 9,864 | 1.64% | 0 / 102 | 2 | 6th | Extra-parliamentary |
  | 2023 | Part of the Inclusive Alliance Platform | Part of the Inclusive Alliance Platform | | | | TBA |
  