What is Social Democratic Party (Rwanda)?
[[Image:Drapeau du PSD (Rwanda).gif|thumb|250px|Flag of the Social Democratic Party (Rwanda)]] The '''Social Democratic Party''' is a centre-left [[Social democracy|social democratic]] political party in [[Rwanda]]. The party support the [[Paul Kagame]] government. It started in 1991. Its main leaders were killed in the morning of the first day of the [[Rwandan genocide|genocide]]. <ref>Aimable Twagilimana (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of Rwanda'', Scarecrow Press, p180</ref> After the genocide the party joined the national unity government. It supported President Paul Kagame in the 2003 presidential elections, and got12% of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections, winning seven seats. The party's vote share rose to 13% in the 2008 elections, as it kept its seven seats. In the 2010 presidential elections the party had [[Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo]] as its candidate; he received 5% of the vote, coming second to Kagame, who received 93%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afronline.org/?p=7453 |title=Kagame sweeps 93% of Rwandan votes |date=11 August 2010 |work=Afronline |publisher=Società Editoriale Vita S.p.A |accessdate=2010-08-13 |archive-date=2018-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135513/http://www.afronline.org/?p=7453 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2013 parliamentary elections the party again got 13% of the vote, winning seven seats. It was reduced to five seats in the 2018 elections. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Political parties in Rwanda]] [[Category:Social democratic parties]] [[Category:1991 establishments in Africa]]