Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance
Abbreviation
  • DPDA
  • Democratic Alliance
LeaderDrew Pavlou
Founded21 September 2021[1]
Registered28 February 2022
Dissolved6 November 2023
IdeologyAnti-corruption
Workplace democracy
Website
www.democraticalliance.com.au

The Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance (DPDA), also known as simply the Democratic Alliance, was an Australian political party founded in 2021.[2] The party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 28 February 2022.[3]

The party's policies included promoting a pro-Taiwan foreign policy, protecting human rights, establishing a federal anti-corruption agency, building a green economy, and supporting workplace democracy.[4]

The DPDA ran in the 2022 Australian federal election but failed to win a seat. The party's candidates received 2,215 first preference votes for the House of Representatives nationally, 4,555 first preference votes for the Senate in Queensland (representing 0.15% of total votes cast) and 1,011 first preference votes for the Senate in South Australia (representing 0.09% of total votes cast).[5][6][7]

The party was voluntarily deregistered on 6 November 2023.[8][9]

Candidates in the 2022 Australian federal election

Main article: Candidates of the 2022 Australian federal election

House of Representatives

Candidate State Electorate Ref
Inty Elham South Australia Sturt [10]
Kyinzom Dhongdue New South Wales Bennelong [11][12]

Senate

Candidate State Ref
Drew Pavlou Queensland [10]
Simon Leitch Queensland [13]
Adila Yarmuhammad South Australia [10]
Amina Yarmuhammad South Australia [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Drew Pavlou launches political party in hopes of securing senate bid". The Courier Mail. 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Beijing critic forms new political party with young, diverse candidates ahead of federal election". ABC News. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Registration of a political party Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
  4. ^ "Issues". Drew Pavlou. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "First preferences by party". Australian Electoral Commission. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ "First preferences by Senate group". Australian Electoral Commission. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ^ "First preferences by Senate group". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance Voluntary Deregistration" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
  9. ^ @DrewPavlou (7 November 2023). "The end of Democratic Alliance" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ a b c Brooks, Sally; Xing, Dong (15 December 2021). "Anti-Chinese Communist Party advocacy unites alliance of young, diverse people to run in 2022 federal election". ABC News. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Campaign launch: Kyinzom Dhongdue for Bennelong". www.kyinzom.com. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  12. ^ Kyinzom Dhongdue [@kyinzom.dhongdue] (28 February 2022). "I've got some news to share!" – via Instagram.
  13. ^ a b "Who are my candidates?". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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