The Party of the Democratic Left ( sk, Strana demokratickej ľavice, SDĽ) is a centre-left political party in Slovakia. It is the reformation of Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia), another party by the same name, which had been founded in 1990.
The original Party of the Democratic Left merged with Robert Fico's Direction – Social Democracy, which had itself split from the Party of the Democratic Left, on 31 December 2004. A new party was founded, and registered in May 2005. The party's current president is Jozef Ďurica.
In its 2006 Slovak parliamentary election, first general election, in 2006, the party won 0.13% of the vote. In 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, 2010 elections, the SDĽ won 2.41%, falling just under half of the 5% election threshold, threshold for seats in the National Council of the Slovak Republic, National Council.
See also
* Politics of Slovakia
* List of political parties in Slovakia
External links
Official page(Slovak)
{{Political parties in Slovakia
Political parties established in 2005
Social democratic parties in Slovakia