[1] The party was founded as a branch of the African Democratic Rally (RDA) in June 1947.
[2] On 19 October 1958, the party severed its links with the RDA, other members of which supported a closer union with France.
Every five years, a single list of PDG candidates was returned to the National Assembly.
After the death of Touré and a coup staged by Lansana Conté in 1984, the PDG was dissolved.
In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 3.4% of the popular vote and 3 out of 114 seats.