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The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by a large number of political parties

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

as their political ideology

Ideologies of parties

This is a list of political ideologies. Many political parties base their political action and election program on an ideology. In social studies, a political ideology is a certain ethical set of ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, and or large...

Active parties

Nation	Party
Afghanistan	Afghan Social Democratic Party Afghan Social Democratic Party The Afghan Social Democratic Party, more commonly known as Afghan Mellat , is a Pashtun nationalist political party in Afghanistan. Controversially, the party's leadership describes it as social democratic, but it is not recognized as such by the Socialist International...
Åland Islands	Åland Social Democrats Åland Social Democrats The Åland Social Democrats is a social democratic political party in the Åland Islands. In the 21 October 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won only 11.5 % of the popular vote and 3 out of 30 seats, a loss of three....
Albania	Social Democratic Party of Albania Social Democratic Party of Albania The Social Democratic Party of Albania is a social-democratic Albanian political party. The party was formed on April 22, 1991. The first party congress was held in January 1992.... Social Democracy Party of Albania Social Democracy Party of Albania The Social Democracy Party of Albania is a Social democratic Albanian political party. At the elections in July 2005 it won two seats in Parliament and its leader is Paskal Milo.At the elections in June 2009 it won 0.68 percent....
Andorra	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Andorra) The Social Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Andorra.In the April 24 2005 legislative elections, the party came second in the elections, with 38.1 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 28 seats. It remained in opposition to the government of the Liberal Party of Andorra...
Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...
Azerbaijan	Social Democratic Party
Belarus	Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) The Belarusian Social Democratic Party is unregistered political party in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko....
Benin	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Benin) The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Benin.The PSD was founded in 1990. Running together with the National Union for Solidarity and Progress in the February 1991 parliamentary election, the PSD won 9.8% of the vote and eight out of 64 seats in the National Assembly.The PSD's first...
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a multi-ethnic social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The party is the successor of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was enlarged by the inclusion of the Socijaldemokrati BiH party to the original...
Brazil	Brazilian Social Democratic Party
Kingdom of Bulgaria	Bulgarian Social Democratic Party Bulgarian Social Democratic Party The Bulgarian Social Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Bulgaria.It is part of the Blue Coalition, an alliance led by the Union of Democratic Forces. At the last legislative election in 2009, the alliance won 6.8% of the popular vote and 15 out of 240 seats.... Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats The Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats is a social-democratic political party in Bulgaria. It is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists.-History:...
Central African Republic	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Central African Republic) The Social Democratic Party is a political party in the Central African Republic.At the last elections, 13 March and 8 May 2005, the party won 4 out of 105 seats in the National Assembly....
Colombia	Colombian Social Democratic Party Colombian Social Democratic Party The Colombian Social Democratic Party is a political party in Colombia.In the 2002 legislative elections, the party was one of the many small parties to achieve parliamentary representation. It thinks gay people should have equal rights....
Independent State of Croatia	Croatian Social Democrats Croatian Social Democrats Croatian Social Democrats , abbreviated HSD, is a minor left-wing Croatian political party. It came into existence in 2004 as a splinter party of the much more influential Social Democratic Party of Croatia .... Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party of Croatia , commonly referred to in Croatia as simply Social Democratic Party , is the largest centre-left political party in Croatia...
Czech Republic	Czech Social Democratic Party Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic.-History:The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria was founded on 7 April 1878 in Austria-Hungary representing the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian parliament...
Denmark	Social Democrats Social Democrats (Denmark) The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...
Egypt	Egyptian Social Democratic Party Egyptian Social Democratic Party The Egyptian Social Democratic Party is a left liberal party in Egypt which was founded after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution by the merger of two minor liberal parties, the Egyptian Democratic Party, and the Liberal Egyptian Party on 29 March 2011...
East Timor	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (East Timor) The Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in East Timor.In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 8.2% of the popular vote and 6 out of 88 seats...
El Salvador	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (El Salvador) The Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic party in El Salvador.A Social Democratic Party participated in the 1945 presidential elections, with its candidate, Osmín Aguirre y Salinas, finishing second...
Estonia	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Estonia) The Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic party in Estonia, led by Sven Mikser. It has been a member of the Party of European Socialists since 16 May 2003 and a member of the Socialist International since November 1990....
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Social Democratic Party Ethiopian Social Democratic Federal Party The Ethiopian Social Democratic Party is a political party in Ethiopia. the leaders of the ESDP are chairman Dr. Beyene Petros, vice chairman Mulu Meja, and secretary Alema Koira....
Faroe Islands	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) The Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic, political party in the Faroe Islands, led by Jóannes Eidesgaard.At the legislative elections, 19 January 2008, the party won 19.3% of the popular vote and 6 out of 32 seats....
Finland	Social Democratic Party of Finland Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...
Gabon	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Gabon) The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Gabon. It is part of the Presidential Majority coalition and is led by Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou....
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
Gibraltar	Gibraltar Social Democrats Gibraltar Social Democrats The Gibraltar Social Democrats, abbreviated to GSD, is a centre-right political party in Gibraltar.Their current leader is Peter Caruana, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar. The GSD has been the governing party in Gibraltar since 1996.-History:...
Guinea-Bissau	United Social Democratic Party United Social Democratic Party The United Social Democratic Party is a centre-left social democratic political party in Guinea-Bissau.Former Prime Minister Francisco Fadul was elected as the President of the PUSD on 18 December 2002 at a party convention in Bissau....
Honduras	Social Democratic Party
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...	League of Social Democrats League of Social Democrats The League of Social Democrats or LSD is a radical pro-democratic political party in Hong Kong. Its declared purpose is to "take a clear-cut stand to defend the interests of the grassroots"...
Hungary	Hungarian Social Democratic Party Hungarian Social Democratic Party The Hungarian Social Democratic Party is a political party in Hungary. Both the MSZDP and SZDP lay claim to the same heritage: the Social Democratic Party which was part of a governing coalition in Hungary between 1945 and 1948, and a short period in 1956, which itself was renamed from the... Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Hungary) The Social Democratic Party often known as the "Historical" Social Democratic Party is a Hungarian political party that emerged following a split within the Hungarian Social Democratic Party in 1989...
Japan	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Japan) The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan (abbreviated to SDPJ or SDP in English) is a political party that advocates for the establishment of a...
Kyrgyzstan	Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Members formed the party on 1 October 1993, but did not register with the Justice Ministry until 16 December 1994...
Latvia	Latvian Social Democratic Party Latvian Social Democratic Party The Latvian Social Democratic Party was a political party in Latvia formed by a reformist wing of the Communist Party of Latvia.On 14 April 1990, a pro-independence faction under Ivars Ķezbers split off from the LKP to form the Independent Communist Party of Latvia . The main body of the LKP,... Social Democratic Party "Harmony" Social Democratic Party "Harmony" The Social Democratic Party "Harmony" is a Latvian center-left party founded on 10 February 2010 by most of the constituent organisations of the Harmony Centre alliance: the National Harmony Party, the New Centre and the Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party "Harmony" is a Latvian...
Lithuania	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Social Democratic Party of Lithuania The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. It is the oldest party in Lithuania, founded in 1896. The party's president since 2009 is Algirdas Butkevičius. The party led a minority government in the unicameral Seimas, Lithuania's...
Mauritius	Mauritian Social Democratic Party
Mexico	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Mexico) The Social Democratic Party was a short-lived Mexican political party.The party's first name was Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party but on May 2007 changed its name to Social Democratic Alternative Party, and in 2008 changed once again to simply Socialdemocratic...
Moldova	Social Democratic Party of Moldova Social Democratic Party of Moldova The Social Democratic Party is an extra-parliamentary political party in Moldova, currently led by Victor Şelin...
Kingdom of Montenegro	Social Democratic Party of Montenegro Social Democratic Party of Montenegro The Social Democratic Party of Montenegro is a political party in Montenegro....
Nicaragua	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Nicaragua) The Social Democratic Party is a right-wing Nicaraguan political party that split from Conservatives in 1979. The party sought affiliation to the Socialist International, but its application was rejected....
Nigeria	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) The Social Democratic Party of Nigeria, popularly known as SDP, was a political party created to encompass the ideals of a center left political organization. It was one of the products of a democracy project by former President Ibrahim Babangida to have two detribalized political parties, one a...
North Korea	Korean Social Democratic Party Korean Social Democratic Party The Korean Social Democratic Party is a political party in North Korea, allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Initially a moderate social democratic party, it was formed on November 3, 1945, by medium and small entrepreneurs, merchants, handicraftsmen, petite bourgeoisie, peasants and...
Poland	Social Democratic Party of Poland
Portugal	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Portugal) The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
Kingdom of Romania	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
Rwanda	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Rwanda) The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left Social democratic political party in Rwanda. In the parliamentary election held on 30 September 2003, the party won 12.3% of the popular vote and 7 out of 53 seats...
Serbia	Social Democratic Party of Serbia
Slovenia	Social Democrats Social Democrats (Slovenia) The Social Democrats is a centre-left political party in Slovenia, currently led by Borut Pahor. From 1993 until 2005, the party was known as the United List of Social Democrats .-Origins:...
Spain	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Spain) The Social democratic party was created following a split in the Social democratic union party on April 9, 2007 in Spain, in the Valencian Community, its ideology is social democratic....
Sweden	Swedish Social Democratic Party Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
Switzerland	Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
Tajikistan	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Tajikistan) The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left political party in Tajikistan.The results at the last legislative elections, 27 February and 13 March 2005, are not available. The party boycotted the 2006 Presidential election....
Ukraine	Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) Ukrainian Social Democratic Party Ukrainian Social Democratic Party -History:The party was founded in 1998 when the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine and Party of Human Rights were united. The first leader of the party was Vasyl Onopenko who in the Presidential elections in 1999 got 0,47% of the votes. Since November 2006 Yevhen Korniychuk is the chairman of the...
United Kingdom	Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990) Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990) The Social Democratic Party is a small political party in the United Kingdom. It traces its origin to the Social Democratic Party that was formed in 1981 by a group of dissident Labour Party politicians, all Members of Parliament or former MPs: Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley...
Uzbekistan	Justice Social Democratic Party Justice Social Democratic Party The Justice Social Democratic Party is a Centre-left, social democratic, political party in Uzbekistan. One of the founders and the first general secretary of the party was Anvar Juraboev...

Former parties

Nation	Party
Canada	Parti social démocratique du Québec Parti social démocratique du Québec The Parti social démocratique du Québec was the Quebec wing of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. It was founded in 1939 as the Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif and was led by Thérèse Casgrain from 1951 to 1957 and by Michel Chartrand from 1957 to 1960... Social Democratic Party of Canada Social Democratic Party of Canada The Social Democratic Party was a social democratic political party in Canada founded in 1911 by members of the right wing of the Socialist Party of Canada. these members were dissatisfied with what they saw as that party's rigid, doctrinaire approach...
Free City of Danzig	Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig The Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig was a political party in the Free City of Danzig. After the creation of the Free City of Danzig in 1919, the Danzig branch of the Social Democratic Party of Germany separated itself from the party, and created the Social Democratic Party of...
German Democratic Republic	Social Democratic Party in the GDR Social Democratic Party in the GDR The Social Democratic Party in the GDR was a Social Democratic Party existing during the last phase of the East German state...
Early Modern France	Social Democratic Party
Iceland	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Iceland) The Social Democratic Party was an Icelandic Political Party based on social-democratic ideas. It was founded in 1916 as the political representation of the trade unions of Iceland....
Italy	Italian Social Democratic Party Italian Social Democratic Party The Italian Democratic Social Party was a social-liberal political party in Italy.It was formed for the 1919 general election by the union of the Constitutional Democratic Party with several other parties of the liberal left... Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol The Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol was a regionalist social-democratic and hard-line German-speaking political party active in South Tyrol, Italy....
Latvia	Social Democratic Party
Luxembourg	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Luxembourg) The Social Democratic Party , abbreviated to PSD, was a social democratic political party in Luxembourg between 1971 and 1984.The PSD was founded in March 1971 as a secession of the centrist tendency within the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party...
Malaysia	Social Democratic Party
Mexico	Social Democracy Social Democracy (Mexico) Social Democracy was a Mexican political party formed in June 1999 and disbanded after the 2000 federal elections....
New Zealand	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) The Social Democratic Party of New Zealand was an early left-wing political party. It existed only a short time before being amalgamated into the new Labour Party...
Norway	Social Democrats Social Democrats (Norway) The Social Democrats is a minor Norwegian political party. It last ran for election in the 2001 parliamentary election where it received a mere 0.01% of the votes.-History:...
Republic of China	Social Democratic Party of China Social Democratic Party of China The Social Democratic Party of China was a political party, organized by Chinese immigrants in Europe. Wang Kien was elected secretary of the party at an extraordinary party congress November 14, 1926. Yang Kantao, resident of Paris, also served as secretary of the party for a period. In the...
Kingdom of Romania	Romanian Social Democratic Party Romanian Social Democratic Party (defunct) The Romanian Social Democratic Party was a social-democratic political party in Romania. It published the magazine România Muncitoare, and later Socialismul, Lumea Nouă, and Libertatea.-Early party:...
Russia	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Russian Social Democratic Labour Party The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party , also known as Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or Russian Social Democratic Party, was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organizations into one party... Social Democratic Party of Russia Social Democratic Party of Russia The Social Democratic Party of Russia was a political party founded in Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev on November 26, 2001. First name of party is: Social Democratic Party of Russia . It was a coalition of several social democratic parties, had approximately 12,000 members, but had no seats in the...
Serbia	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Serbia) The Social Democratic Party was a political party in Serbia....
Slovakia	Social Democratic Party of Slovakia Social Democratic Party of Slovakia The Social Democratic Party of Slovakia was a left wing political party in Slovakia...
Slovenia	Social Democratic Party of Slovenia Slovenian Democratic Party The Slovenian Democratic Party , known until 2003 as the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia is a Slovenian centre-right liberal conservative and Christian democratic party...
Turkey	Social Democratic Party (SODEP) SODEP SODEP is the abbreviation of Social Democracy Party of Turkey which was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with another party.- Background :...
United Kingdom	Social Democratic Party (1979-82) Social Democratic Party (UK, 1979) The Social Democratic Party was a minor centre left political party founded in Manchester in 1979 by Donald Kean. The party stood one candidate in Warrington at the 1979 UK general election, who received only 144 votes and came bottom of the poll.... Social Democratic Party (1981-88) Social Democratic Party (UK) The Social Democratic Party was a political party in the United Kingdom that was created on 26 March 1981 and existed until 1988. It was founded by four senior Labour Party 'moderates', dubbed the 'Gang of Four': Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams... Social Democratic Party (1988-90) Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) A Social Democratic Party was formed in the United Kingdom in 1981 by a group of dissident Labour Party Members of Parliament : Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams, who became known as the "Gang of Four"....
United States	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (United States) The Social Democratic Party of America was a short-lived political party in the United States, established in 1898. The group was formed out of elements of the Social Democracy of America , and was a predecessor to the Socialist Party of America, established in 1901.-Forerunners:Following the...
Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Yugoslav Social Democratic Party Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party or JSDS was a political party in Slovenia and Istria during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was founded in 1896....

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