Labour Party ( sk, Strana práce) also known as Social Democracy in Slovakia ( sk, Sociálna demokracia na Slovensku) was a
political party
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in the post-World War II Slovakia. The party was formed in 1946 by Social Democrats who opposed cooperation with the
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
. In 1947 party were incorporated as autonomous regional branch to
Czechoslovak Social Democracy.
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/ref> The most influential political figure was Ivan Dérer
Ivan Dérer (2 March 1884 in Malacka, Kingdom of Hungary – 10 March 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a prominent Slovak politician, lawyer, journalist and regional chairman of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in Slovakia. S ...
.
In 1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 May 1946. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 300 seats (93 for the main party and 21 for its Slovak branch) with 38% of the vote. The Com ...
party got two mandates of 300 seats in National Assembly
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and two mandates of 69 seats in Slovak National Council
The Slovak National Council ( sk, Slovenská národná rada (SNR)) was an organisation that was formed at various times in the 19th and 20th centuries to act as the highest representative of the Slovak nation. It originated in the mid-19th century ...
. After the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
In late February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia. It marked the onset of four decades of the party's rule in the country., sk, Február 1948) or ...
, the party was disbanded.
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Labour parties
Political parties in Czechoslovakia
Political parties established in 1946
1946 establishments in Czechoslovakia
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