National Democratic Party (El Salvador)

The National Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional Democrático, abbreviated PND), also known as the Club Quiñonista, was a Salvadoran political party that existed from 1918 to 1927. The party held power from 1918 to 1927 in the Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty era of Salvadoran politics, during which the PND ruled as country's sole political party. The Red League was the paramilitary wing of the PND from 1918 to 1923.

The PND was founded by Alfonso Quiñónez Molina and Jorge Meléndez in 1918 when Quiñónez was running for president in the 1919 election. When Quiñónez became constitutionally ineligible to run after be became president weeks before the election, Jorge Meléndez replaced him as the PND's candidate. He won the election and served as president from 1919 to 1923. Quiñónez again ran for president in the 1923 election; he won and served from 1923 to 1927. Quiñónez was succeeded by Vice President Pío Romero Bosque who won the 1927 election unopposed. On 6 September 1927, Romero dissolved the PND as a part of his democratic reforms.

The PND functioned as a patronage network. The part's hierarchy had internal administrative bodies at the national, departmental, and municipal levels that were often led by government officials. Contrary to the PND's name, the party was not democratic.