Social Democracy ( es, Democracia Social) was a Mexican political party formed in June 1999 and disbanded after the 2000 federal elections. In the 2 July 2000

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its candidate,

Gilberto Rincón Gallardo Gilberto Rincón Gallardo y Meltis (15 May 1939 – 30 August 2008) was a Mexican politician, activist and former presidential candidate. Biography Rincón Gallardo was born in Mexico City into an upper-class family descendant of the Marquess ...

, won 1.6% of the popular vote. In the senatorial elections of the same date the party won 1.8% but no seats in the Senate of Mexico. Since it did not secure 2.0% percent of the national vote it lost its conditional recognition by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). In 2003 its most visible leaders could not reorganize its former members under the Party of the Rose (''Partido de la Rosa''). After failing to regain the federal recognition, most of them migrated to different parties of the center-left such as '' México Posible'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the

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. Among its most prominents members were

, Ricardo Raphael and

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Snapshots of its official webpage from the Internet Archive
(in Spanish). {{Authority control Socialist parties in Mexico Political parties established in 1999 Political parties disestablished in 2000 Defunct political parties in Mexico Social democratic parties in Mexico 1999 establishments in Mexico 2000 disestablishments in Mexico

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