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This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of
social democracy Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to prom ...
. Some of the parties are also members of the
Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political philosophy that su ...
,
Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a Social democracy, social democratic and Progressivism, progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus ...
or the
Progressive Alliance The Progressive Alliance (PA) is a political international of social democratic and progressive political parties and organisations founded on 22 May 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. The alliance was formed as an alternative to the existing Socia ...
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Names used by social democratic parties

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Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
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Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
* Democratic Socialist Party * Socialist Democratic Party * Labour Party * Social Democratic Union *
New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * ...
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Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...


Alphabetical list by country


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*Albania: **
Socialist Party of Albania The Socialist Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë, PS or PSSh) is a social-democratic political party in Albania. It has been described as centre-left, to left-wing. It was founded on 13 June 1991. The PS is an associate of ...
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Socialist Movement for Integration The Freedom Party ( sq, Partia e Lirisë, PL), formerly known as the Socialist Movement for Integration (, LSI), is a social democratic political party in Albania. The party was formed on 6 September 2004, when Ilir Meta defected from the Social ...
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Social Democratic Party of Albania The Social Democratic Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Socialdemokrate e Shqipërisë, PSD or PSDSH) is a minor social-democratic political party in Albania. Its founder is Skënder Gjinushi, a former Minister of Education (1987–1991) and Speak ...
*Åland Islands (Finland): **
Åland Social Democrats The Åland Social Democrats ( sv, Ålands Socialdemokrater) is a social-democratic political party on the Åland Islands. In the 2019 parliamentary election, the party won 9.1% of the popular vote and 3 out of 30 seats, a loss of two. The curre ...
*Algeria: ** Front of Socialist Forces *Andorra: **
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
** Social Democracy and Progress * Angola: **
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wing, social dem ...
(MPLA) *Argentina: ** **
Frente de Todos The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") is a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Fernández won the 2019 gene ...
*** Broad Front *** National Alfonsinist Movement *** Victory Party *** Protector Political Force *** Labor and Equity Party **
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
** Generation for a National Encounter *Armenia: **
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) ( hy, Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն; ՍԴՀԿ, translit=Sots’ial Demokrat Hnch’akyan Kusakts’ut’yun), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian ...
** Citizen's Decision *Aruba: **
People's Electoral Movement The People's Electoral Movement (''Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo'', MEP) is a left-wing political party in Venezuela, founded in 1967 by Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa. The MEP was founded after Prieto Figueroa won the 1967 Acción Democráti ...
** RAIZ ** Aruban Sovereignty Movement *Australia: **
Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms ...
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Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, are a confederation of Green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and ...
*Austria: **
Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...
(SPÖ) *Azerbaijan: **
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...


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*Barbados: ** Democratic Labour Party **
Barbados Labour Party The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. Led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, it is the governing party of Barbados and the sole ruling part ...
** People's Party for Democracy and Development *Belarus: ** Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly ** Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) ** Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) *Belgium: **
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
(PS) ** Forward *Belize: ** Belize People's Front **
Belize Progressive Party The Belize Progressive Party (BPP) is a Belizean political party founded in 2015 by a merger of several extra-parliamentary opposition groups. The BPP made its electoral debut in the November 2015 general election, in which it fielded 25 candidate ...
*Benin: **
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
*Bolivia: ** Revolutionary Left Front *Bosnia and Herzegovina: ** Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina **
Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
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Democratic Front Democratic Front is a name used by political parties and alliances in several countries, such as: *Democratic Front (Albania) *Democratic Front for the Liberation of Angola *Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina) *Democratic Front (Cyprus) * Demo ...
*Botswana: **
Umbrella for Democratic Change The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is an alliance of centre-left to left-wing political parties in Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked count ...
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Botswana Congress Party The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is a political party in Botswana. The BCP was founded in 1998 in a split from the Botswana National Front, with most of the BNF's sitting Members of Parliament joining the new party after a leadership dispute w ...
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Botswana National Front The Botswana National Front (BNF) is a social democratic political party in Botswana. It has been the main opposition party in Botswana since the 1969 elections. The party achieved its greatest electoral success in the 1994 elections, when it ...
*Brazil: ** Democratic Labour Party ** Workers' Party **
Brazilian Socialist Party The Brazilian Socialist Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, PSB) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organised in 1989 after the re-democratisation of Br ...
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Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
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Sustainability Network The Sustainability Network ( pt, Rede Sustentabilidade, REDE) is an environmentalist Brazilian political party founded in 2013 by Marina Silva, a Brazilian politician from Acre. The party formed a strategic alliance with the Brazilian Socialist ...
** Party of National Mobilization **
Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti ...
*Bulgaria: **
BSP for Bulgaria The BSP for Bulgaria ( bg, БСП за България, BSP za Bŭlgariya), or the Coalition for Bulgaria ( bg, Коалиция за България, Koalitsiya za Bŭlgariya) until 2017, is a left-wing electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by t ...
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Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party ( bg, Българска социалистическа партия, translit=Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya, BSP), also known as The Centenarian ( bg, Столетницата, links=no, translit=Stoletnitsat ...
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Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats The Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats ( bg, партия Български социалдемократи, ''Partiya Balgarski Sotsialdemokrati'', PBSD) is a social-democratic political party in Bulgaria. It is a member of the Socialist Inter ...
** Political Movement "Social Democrats" **
Alternative for Bulgarian Revival The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival ( bg, Алтернатива за българско възраждане, Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane, АБВ) is a centre-left political party in Bulgaria. ''ABV'', the romanized party's initials in ...


C

*Cameroon: ** Social Democratic Front *Canada: **
New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * ...
(NDP/NPD) **
Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a Quebec sovereignty movement, sovereignist and social democracy, social democratic provincial list of political parties in Quebec, political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates Quebec sovereignty movement ...
*Chile: ** Democratic Socialism: *** Party for Democracy ***
Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile ( es, Partido Socialista de Chile, or PS) is a centre-left political party founded in 1933. Its historic leader was President of Chile Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a CIA-backed coup d'état by General Augusto ...
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Social Democratic Radical Party The Radical Party of Chile ( es, Partido Radical de Chile), is a social-democratic political party in Chile. The party was founded as the Social Democrat Radical Party (''Partido Radical Socialdemócrata'') on 18 August 1994 out of a union ...
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Apruebo Dignidad ''Apruebo Dignidad'' (; in English, ''Approve Dignity'', AD) is a left-wing Chilean electoral coalition officially created on 11 January 2021, by the Broad Front and Chile Digno in preparation for the Constitutional Convention election. Hi ...
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Democratic Revolution Democratic Revolution () is a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political party, founded in 2012 by some of the leaders of the 2011 Chilean student protests, most notably the current Deputy Giorgio Jackson, who is also the most popular public fi ...
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Unir Movement The Unir Movement () is a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political movement, founded in 2020 by former members of the Socialist Party of Chile. In July 2020, it became part of the Broad Front, a left-wing political coalition. Authorities ...
*** Common Force *Colombia: **
Colombian Liberal Party The Colombian Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Colombiano; PLC) is a centre to centre-left political party in Colombia. It was founded as a classical liberal party but later developed a more social-democratic tradition, joining the Socia ...
** Historic Pact for Colombia: ***
Alternative Democratic Pole The Alternative Democratic Pole (Spanish: ''Polo Democrático Alternativo'' or PDA) is a left-wing political party in Colombia. It was founded as a political alliance of the Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) ...
*** Patriotic Union *Costa Rica: ** National Liberation Party ** Citizens' Action Party *Croatia: **
Social Democratic Party of Croatia The Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( hr, Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske, SDP) is a social-democratic political party in Croatia. The SDP is anti-fascist, progressive, and strongly pro-European. The SDP was formed in 1990 as the succes ...
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Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
** Croatian Labourists – Labour Party **
New Left The New Left was a broad political movement mainly in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a broad range of social issues such as civil and political rights, environmentalism, feminism, gay rights, ...
*Cuba: **
Social Democratic Co-ordination of Cuba The Social Democratic Co-ordination of Cuba (''Coordinadora Social Demócrata de Cuba'') is an illegal political party in Cuba, with a social democratic ideology. See also *List of political parties in Cuba This article lists political partie ...
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Cuban Democratic Socialist Current The Cuban Democratic Socialist Current (''Corriente Socialista Democrática Cubana'') is a Cuban social democratic party that seeks to "be critical four historical process hegemony within hecivil society debate of ideas, intents and purpo ...
*Curaçao: ** Partido MAN ** Curaçao is the Best *Cyprus: **
Movement for Social Democracy The Movement for Social Democracy ( el, Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών, translit=Kinima Sosialdimokraton, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot, social-democratic political party in Cyprus. Overview The party was founded by Vasos Lyssaridis in ...
*Czech Republic: **
Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party ( cs, Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD, ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a ...
** Party of Civic Rights


D

*Democratic Republic of the Congo: ** Union for Democracy and Social Progress *Denmark: **
Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
*Dominican Republic: **
Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, referred to here by its Spanish acronym, the PLD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along ...
** Social Democratic Institutional Bloc


E

*East Timor: ** National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction ** Frenti-Mudança ** Republican Party (East Timor) ** Timorese Social Democratic Action Center *Ecuador: ** Democratic Left **
PAIS Alliance PAIS Alliance is a centre-left social democratic political party in Ecuador. In 2016, it had 979,691 members. Founded by Rafael Correa in April 2006, the party soon found success amid the " pink tide" period in Latin America. The party's early pe ...
*Egypt **
Egyptian Social Democratic Party The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ( ar-at, الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, ) is a social liberal and a social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded afte ...
* Estonia: **
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
*Ethiopia: ** Medrek **
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
*European Union: **
Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a Social democracy, social democratic and Progressivism, progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus ...


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*Faroe Islands (Denmark): **
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
*Finland: **
Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...
*France: **
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
** Place Publique **
The New Democrats The New Democrats (french: Les Nouveaux Démocrates; LND) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left Social liberalism, social liberal French political party that holds Pro-Europeanism, pro-European views founded 16 December 2020 by parliamentarians ...
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Eusko Alkartasuna Eusko Alkartasuna (; en, Basque Solidarity; es, Solidaridad Vasca; french: Solidarité basque) is a Basque nationalist and social-democratic political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means ''Basque Solidarity'' a ...
(Basque Country)


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*Germany: ** Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) *Georgia: ** European Socialists ** Georgian Labour Party ** Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia **
Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia ( ka, ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო, ''Kartuli ocneba – Demok’rat’iuli Sakartvelo'') is a social democratic political ...
*Ghana: ** National Democratic Congress *Gibraltar: **
Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) is a social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Gibraltar, political party in Gibraltar. The GSLP is the oldest surviving active political party in Gibraltar. Its roots are based i ...
*Greece: **
Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...
** Movement of Democratic Socialists ** PASOK – Movement for Change (PASOK-KINAL) **
Agreement for the New Greece Agreement for the New Greece ( gr, Συμφωνία για τη Νέα Ελλάδα) is a social-democratic political party in Greece, established on 15 April 2013. It was formed by former Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) health minister A ...
*Greenland (Denmark): **
Siumut Siumut (, ) is a political party in Greenland in the social democratic tradition. Since the establishment of home rule in 1979, it has been the dominant party in Greenland. Siumut is led by Erik Jensen, who beat the then-incumbent Prime Ministe ...
*Guatemala: **
National Unity of Hope The National Unity of Hope ( es, Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, UNE) is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defines itself as a social-democratic and social-christian party. It is the largest political party in Guatemala ...
** Semilla


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*Haiti: **
Struggling People's Organization The Struggling People's Organization (french: Organisation du peuple en lutte, ht, Òganizasyon Pèp k ap Lite), called until 1996 Lavalas Political Organization (french: Organisation Politique Lavalas, OPL), is a Haitian political party origin ...
** Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats ** Platfòm Pitit Desalin *Hong Kong: **
League of Social Democrats The League of Social Democrats (LSD) is a social democratic party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Chan Po-ying, wife of Leung Kwok-hung, it positions itself as the radical wing of the pro-democracy camp and stresses on "street actions" and "parliam ...
** Labour Party *Honduras: ** Innovation and Unity Party **
Democratic Unification Party The Democratic Unification Party ( es, Partido Unificación Democrática; PUD) is a centre-left political party in Honduras. PUD was founded on 29 September 1992 by the merger of four leftist clandestine or semiclandestine political parties, in t ...
*Hungary: **
Hungarian Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party of Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szociáldemokrata Párt, MSZDP) is a social democratic political party in Hungary. Historically, the party was dissolved during the occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany (1944–1945) ...
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Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Párt), commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October, 1989 as a post-communist evolution ...
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Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement The Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement ( hu, Igen Szolidaritás Magyarországért Mozgalom, ISZOMM) is a democratic socialist political party in Hungary that was founded by Tibor Szanyi in 2020. History ISZOMM was founded by a group of sever ...


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*Iceland: **
Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance ( is, Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands), officially The Alliance – Iceland's Social Democratic Party, is a social democratic, and pro-European political party in Iceland. The Social Democratic Alliance w ...
*India: **
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
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Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...
*Indonesia: ** Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle ** Labour Party **
Indonesian Solidarity Party The Indonesian Solidarity Party ( id, Partai Solidaritas Indonesia, abbreviated PSI) is a political party in Indonesia that focuses on women's rights, pluralism, and Indonesian youth. It is led by Giring Ganesha. PSI endorsed incumbent Presiden ...
*Iran: ** National Front **
Iran Party The Iran Party ( fa, حزب ایران, Ḥezb-e Irān) is a socialist and nationalist party in Iran, founded in 1941. It is described as the "backbone of the National Front", the leading umbrella organization of Iranian nationalists established ...
** Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) **
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI; ku, حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران, Hîzbî Dêmukratî Kurdistanî Êran, HDKA; fa, حزب دموکرات کردستان ایران, Ḥezb-e Demokrāt-e Kordest� ...
(Eastern Kurdistan) ** Komala (Eastern Kurdistan) *Iraq: ** Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Kurdistan region) ** Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (Kurdistan region) ** Komala (Kurdistan region) *Ireland, Republic of: ** Labour Party **
Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
*Israel: **
Israeli Labor Party The Israeli Labor Party ( he, מִפְלֶגֶת הָעֲבוֹדָה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית, ), commonly known as HaAvoda ( he, הָעֲבוֹדָה, , The Labor), is a social democratic and Zionist political party in Israel. The ...
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Meretz Meretz ( he, מֶרֶצ, ) is a left-wing political party in Israel. The party was formed in 1992 by the merger of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui, and was at its peak between 1992 and 1996 when it had 12 seats. It currently has no seats in the Knesset ...
*Italy: ** Article One (Art.1) **
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...
(PD) **
Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892 ...
(PSI) ** Possible (Pos) **
Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
** Red Moors (RM) (Sardinia) ** Independence Republic of Sardinia (iRS) (Sardinia) **
Sicilian Socialist Party The Sicilian Socialist Party (, , PSS) is a democratic socialist and autonomist political party in Sicily. The party was founded on 21 May 2013 and considers itself to be the re-foundation of the 1893 Sicilian federation of the emerging Italian ...
(Sicily) **
Greens Greens may refer to: *Leaf vegetables such as collard greens, mustard greens, spring greens, winter greens, spinach, etc. Politics Supranational * Green politics * Green party, political parties adhering to Green politics * Global Greens * Europ ...
(South Tyrol) ** Venetian Left (SV) (Veneto)


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*Japan: **
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
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Okinawa Social Mass Party is a local political party in Okinawa, Japan. The party's name is abbreviated as or . The party primarily adheres to social democracy. History The party was founded on 31 October 1950 during the US occupation of the region. On 29 April 1952, ...
(Okinawa) *Jamaica: **
People's National Party The People's National Party (PNP) is a social-democratic political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by independence campaigner Osmond Theodore Fairclough. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives, as 96 of the 227 local go ...


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*Kazakhstan: ** Nationwide Social Democratic Party *Kosovo: ** Social Democratic Initiative ** Social Democratic Party of Kosovo ** Social Democratic Union ** Lëvizja Vetëvendosje! (Self-determination Movement) *Kyrgyzstan: ** Ata Meken Socialist Party **
Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...


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*Latvia: **
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" The Social Democratic Party "Harmony" ( lv, Sociāldemokrātiskā partija "Saskaņa"; russian: Социал-демократическая партия «Согласие», Sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya «Soglasiye», S),The party officially ...
** Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party ** The Progressives *Lebanon: ** Democratic Left Movement **
Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party ( ar, الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي, translit=al-Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki) is a Lebanese political party. Its confessional base is in the Lebanese Druze, Druze sect and its regional base is in ...
*Libya: ** Ensaf Movement *Lithuania: **
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organization in 1896, it is the oldest extant party ...
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Lithuanian Regions Party The Lithuanian Regions Party ( lt, Lietuvos regionų partija, LRP), also translated as the Lithuanian Party of Regions, is a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Lithuania, political party in Lithuania. It was founded ...
*Luxembourg: **
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei, french: Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois, german: Luxemburger Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei), abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social-democratic, ...


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*Malaysia: **
Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party ( abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of th ...
*Malta: ** Labour Party * Mauritius: ** Labour Party **
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** Militant Socialist Movement *Mexico: **
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*Mongolia: **
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Socialist Union of Popular Forces The Socialist Union of Popular Forces ( ar, الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية, translit=Al-Ittihad Al-Ishtirakiy Lilqawat Al-Sha'abiyah; zgh, ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳ� ...
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*Namibia: ** Landless People's Movement *Nepal: **
Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of ...
** Democratic Socialist Party ** People's Progressive Party ** People's Freedom Party *Netherlands: ** Labour Party (PvdA) **
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*Nicaragua: **
Sandinista Renovation Movement The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of women and men, which promotes the ...
*Niger: **
Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (french: Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme, PNDS-Tarayya) is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-leaning party, part of the Socialist International, and since 2011 it ...
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*Nigeria: ** Young Progressives Party ** Labour Party **
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*Northern Cyprus: ** Republican Turkish Party ** Communal Democracy Party *North Macedonia: **
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*Norway: ** Labour Party


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** Palestinian National Initiative *Panama: ** Democratic Revolutionary Party *Pakistan: **
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Qaumi Watan Party Qaumi Watan Party ( ps, قومي وطن ګوند or ; ur, قومی وطن پارٹی), abbreviated as QWP and formerly called Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao (PPP–S), is one of the prominent political parties in Pakistan, that split away from t ...
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Awami National Party The Awami National Party (ANP; ur, , ps, اولسي ملي ګوند; lit. ''People's National Party'') is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its curren ...
** National Democratic Movement ** National Party *Paraguay: **
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Revolutionary Febrerista Party The Revolutionary Febrerista Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Febrerista, PRF) is a democratic socialist party of Paraguay. It was established in 1951 by Rafael Franco, President of Paraguay from the February Revolution of 1936 until his overt ...
** Progressive Democratic Party *Peru: **
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Akbayan The Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, better known as Akbayan (), is a democratic socialist and progressive political party in the Philippines. Akbayan is noted as a leading member of the progressive movement in the Philippines, having been formed ...
** Philippine Democratic Socialist Party *Poland: **
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** Polish Initiative **Social Democracy of Poland, Social Democratic Party of Poland **Polish Left *Portugal: **Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party *Puerto Rico: **Puerto Rican Independence Party


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*Republic of the Congo: **Action and Renewal Movement **Pan-African Union for Social Democracy **Congolese Party of Labour *Romania: **Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party *Russia: **A Just Russia **Party of Russia's Rebirth **Social Democratic Party of Russia (Internationalist) **Left Socialist Action *Rwanda: **Social Party Imberakuri **Social Democratic Party (Rwanda), Social Democratic Party


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*San Marino: **Party of Socialists and Democrats **Socialist Party (San Marino), Socialist Party **Libera San Marino *Senegal **Socialist Party (Senegal), Socialist Party **Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal), Alliance of the Forces of Progress *Serbia: **Socialist Party of Serbia **Social Democratic Party of Serbia **Democratic Party (Serbia), Democratic Party **Social Democratic Party (Serbia), Social Democratic Party **Party of Freedom and Justice **Movement for Reversal **League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina *Singapore: **Workers' Party of Singapore *Sint Maarten: **National Alliance (Sint Maarten), National Alliance **United Democrats (Sint Maarten), United Democrats *Slovakia: **Direction – Slovak Social Democracy **Voice – Social Democracy *Slovenia: **Social Democrats (Slovenia), Social Democrats *Somalia: **Wadajir Party **Somali Labour Party *South Africa: **African National Congress **Congress of the People (South African political party), Congress of the People **United Democratic Movement **Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats **National Freedom Party *South Korea: **Justice Party (South Korea), Justice Party **Labor Party (South Korea), Labor Party *Spain: **Spanish Socialist Workers' Party **Podemos (Spanish political party), Podemos **Republican Left of Catalonia (Catalonia) **
Eusko Alkartasuna Eusko Alkartasuna (; en, Basque Solidarity; es, Solidaridad Vasca; french: Solidarité basque) is a Basque nationalist and social-democratic political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means ''Basque Solidarity'' a ...
(Basque Country) *Sri Lanka: **Sri Lanka Freedom Party *Suriname: **National Democratic Party (Suriname), National Democratic Party **Brotherhood and Unity in Politics **Surinamese Labour Party **National Party of Suriname **Progressive Reform Party (Suriname), Progressive Reform Party *Sweden: **Swedish Social Democratic Party *Switzerland: **Social Democratic Party of Switzerland *Syria: **Syrian Democratic People's Party


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*Taiwan: **Democratic Progressive Party **Social Democratic Party (Taiwan), Social Democratic Party *Tajikistan: **Social Democratic Party (Tajikistan), Social Democratic Party *Tanzania: **Alliance for Change and Transparency *Thailand: **Move Forward Party *Turkey: **Republican People's Party **Democratic Left Party (Turkey), Democratic Left Party **Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), Peoples' Democratic Party *Tunisia: **Democratic Current **Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties **Movement Party (Tunisia), Movement Party **Social Democratic Path


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*Uganda: **Uganda People's Congress *Ukraine: **Platform for Life and Peace **Ukraine – Forward! *United Kingdom: **Labour Party (UK), Labour Party **Mec Vannin (MC) (Isle of Man) **Mebyon Kernow (MK) (Mebyon Kernow) **Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) (Northern Ireland) **Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) (Northern Ireland) **Scottish National Party (SNP) (Scotland) **Plaid Cymru (Wales) *United States: **Working Families Party **Movement for a People's Party **California National Party (California) **Labor Party (United States, 1996), Labor Party (South Carolina) **Vermont Progressive Party (Vermont) *Uruguay: **Broad Front (Uruguay), Broad Front, composed of: ***Socialist Party of Uruguay ***Uruguay Assembly ***Vertiente Artiguista ***New Space (Uruguay), New Space **Independent Party (Uruguay), Independent Party


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*Venezuela: **Democratic Action (Venezuela), Democratic Action **For Social Democracy **Movement for Socialism (Venezuela), Movement for Socialism **Popular Will **A New Era **Progressive Advance **:es:Movimiento por Venezuela, Movimiento por Venezuela


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*Zambia: **Patriotic Front (Zambia), Patriotic Front *Zimbabwe: **Movement for Democratic Change (2018), Movement for Democratic Change


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*Andorra **New Democracy (Andorra) *Australia **National Labor Party


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*Belgium: **Belgian Labour Party **Belgian Socialist Party **Belgian Democratic Union


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*Canada: **Co-operative Commonwealth Federation


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*Finland **Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders *France: **French Section of the Workers' International **Republican-Socialist Party


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*Germany: **General German Workers' Association **Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany *Greece: **Democratic Left (Greece), Democratic Left (DIMAR) **Party of Democratic Socialism (Greece), Party of Democratic Socialism **Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)


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*Iceland: **Social Democratic Party (Iceland) **People's Alliance (Iceland) *India: **Praja Rajyam Party **Socialist Party (India) *Ireland: **Clann na Poblachta **Clann na Talmhan **National Labour Party (Ireland) **Democratic Left (Ireland) *Israel: **Mapai **Ahdut HaAvoda **Alignment (Israel), Alignment *Italy: **Action Party (Italy), Action Party **Italian Democratic Socialists **Italian Socialist Party **Italian Democratic Socialist Party **Democratic Party of the Left **Democrats of the Left **New Italian Socialist Party **Labour Democratic Party **Italian Reformist Socialist Party **Unified Socialist Party (Italy), United Socialist Party


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*Japan **Japan Socialist Party **Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) **Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan)


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*Kyrgyzstan: **Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan


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*Mexico **Laborist Party (Mexico)


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*Netherlands: **Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) **Democratic Socialists '70 *New Zealand: **Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) **United Labour Party (New Zealand)


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*Pakistan: **Sindh National Front *Peru: **Decentralist Social Force Party *Philippines **PDP-Laban *Poland: **Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland **Polish Social Democratic Union **Democratic Left Alliance **Democratic-Social Movement (Poland), Democratic-Social Movement


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*Romania: **National Salvation Front (Romania) **Romanian Social Democratic Party (1990–2001)


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*San Marino **Party of Democrats **Sammarinese Socialist Party *Slovakia **Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) *South Africa **Labour Party (South Africa) **Labour Party (South Africa, 1969), Labour Party


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*Trinidad and Tobago **Social Democratic Labour Party of Trinidad and Tobago *Transnistria: **Social Democratic Party of Pridnestrovie


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*United Kingdom **National Labour Organisation **National Socialist Party (UK), National Socialist Party *Ukraine: **Socialist Party of Ukraine **Justice Party (Ukraine), Justice Party


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*Yemen: **Yemeni Socialist Party


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* Zimbabwe: **Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005), Movement for Democratic Change **Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai **Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara


See also

* Social democracy * Democratic socialism * List of democratic socialist parties and organizations * List of social democratic and democratic socialist parties that have governed *
Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political philosophy that su ...
* Progressive Alliance


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