It was formed after a split in the Human Rights and Democracy Movement.
Teisina Fuko was the first person elected to the party presidency at a meeting on 15 April 2005.
[2] The PDP was legally registered on July 1, 2005, being the first Tongan party to do so.
The party has not won any seats to the Tonga Parliament.
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