The New Social Democratic Party ( mk, Нова социјалдемократска Партија, ''Nova socijaldemokratska partija'', NSDP) is a
centre-left
Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...
,
social-democratic
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political party
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in
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
. Its leader is
Tito Petkovski Tito Petkovski ( mk, Тито Петковски) (born 23 January 1945) is a politician of the Republic of North Macedonia, and leads the New Social Democratic Party.
Early life
Petkovski was born in Kriva Palanka, DFR Yugoslavia and was named af ...
, who parted with the
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија – СДСМ, ''Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija'' – SDSM, sq, Lidhja socialdemokrate e Maqedonisë – LSDM) is a ...
in November 2005.
In the
2006 parliamentary elections, it received 6% of the vote. In the
2016 parliamentary elections, it participated in an
electoral coalition
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Ea ...
with SDSM and 15 other parties. The coalition won 436,981 votes and 49/120 MPs in Macedonian assembly.
References
External links
Official website (in Macedonian)
Pro-European political parties in North Macedonia
Socialist parties in North Macedonia
Social democratic parties
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