Alternative Democratic Pole Polo Democrático Alternativo
Leader	Carlos Gaviria Díaz
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Ideology	Democratic Socialism
Official colours	yellow1
Website www.polodemocratico.net

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).

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.

See also

• Politics of Colombia
• List of political parties in Colombia

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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