The Democratic Party ( es, Partido Demócrata, PD) was a Spanish political party created in 1879 by former

Emilio Castelar Emilio Castelar y Ripoll (7 September 183225 May 1899) was a Spanish republican politician, and a president of the First Spanish Republic. Castelar was born in Cádiz. He was an eloquent orator and a writer. Appointed as Head of State in 1873 i ...

as a split from the

Federal Democratic Republican Party The Federal Democratic Republican Party ( es, Partido Republicano Democrático Federal, PRDF) was a Spanish political party founded in 1868 during the Glorious Revolution that was active until 1912. Its ideology was federal republicanism and pro ...

to contest the Spanish general election held in the same year. In 1884 it was renamed as the Possibilist Democratic Party ( es, Partido Demócrata Posibilista, PDP). In 1893 most of it merged into the

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Defunct political parties in Spain Defunct liberal political parties Political parties established in 1879 Political parties disestablished in 1893 Radical parties Republican parties in Spain 1879 establishments in Spain 1893 disestablishments in Spain {{Spain-party-stub

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