Democratic Alliance (portugal)

The Democratic Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Democrática or '''AD''') was a coalition in Portugal between the in order to run to the Legislative Election Of The Same Year . It was led by Francisco Sá Carneiro and Freitas Do Amaral and won the Legislative Elections of 1979 and 1980 , but lost the Presidential Election of 1980 .

After the death of Sá Carneiro on 9 December 1980 , the coalition was unable to find a leader with his charisma. Francisco Pinto Balsemão , the new Social Democratic leader, became Prime Minister, but was unable to consolidate the support enjoyed by his predecessor. After its defeat in the municipal elections of 1982 , it was disbanded in 1983 .

Marcelo Rebelo De Sousa led an attempt to establish a new Democratic Alliance in 1998 , between the Social Democrats and the People's Party (the former CDS), lead by Paulo Portas . It contested the European Parliament Elections of 2004 under the '' Força Portugal '' label, but was subsequently dissolved.

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