Social Democrats is a name used by a number of

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in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy. Social Democrats may refer to: *

Social Democrats (Croatia) The Social Democrats ( hr, Socijaldemokrati) is a Croatian centre-left political party founded in 2022. The party was preceded by a parliamentary group of the same name that broke away from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia in October 2021. ...

, a social-democratic political party in Croatia *

Social Democrats (Denmark) The Social Democrats ( da, Socialdemokraterne, ) is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament (following the la ...

, a social-democratic political party in Denmark *

Social Democrats (Germany) The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

, a social-democratic political party in Germany *

Social Democrats (Ireland) The Social Democrats () are a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Ireland. The party was launched on 15 July 2015 by three independent Teachtaí Dála, Catherine Murphy, and Róisín Shortall, and Stephen Donnelly, and is led ...

, a centre-left political party in Ireland *

Social Democrats (Italy) The Social Democrats (), officially Social Democracy (, SD), is a social-democratic political party in Italy founded on 2 July 2022. It considers itself to be the continuation of the historical Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), founde ...

, a centre-left political party in Italy *

Social Democrats (Slovenia) The Social Democrats ( sl, Socialni demokrati, SD) is a centre-left and pro-European social-democratic political party in Slovenia led by Tanja Fajon. From 1993 until 2005, the party was known as the United List of Social Democrats ( sl, Združen ...

, a centre-left political party in Slovenia *

Social Democrats (Sweden) The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a social-de ...

, a social-democratic political party in Sweden *

Social Democrats, USA Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA) is a small political association of social democrats founded in 1972. The Socialist Party of America (SPA) had stopped running independent presidential candidates and consequently the term "party" in the SPA's na ...

, a small association of democratic socialists and social democrats in the United States *

Social Democrats of Uganda Social Democrats of Uganda is a political party in Uganda, founded in 2003. The party was registered with the Election Commission of Uganda on April 1, 2004. The founding president of SDU was Nabilah Sempala. Later, Sempala the left SDU for the F ...

, a political party in Uganda *

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 curren ...

, a social-democratic political party on the Åland Islands *

Gibraltar Social Democrats The Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) is a liberal-conservative, centre-right political party in Gibraltar. The GSD was the governing party for four successive terms in office under the leadership of Peter Caruana, from the 1996 general electi ...

, a liberal-conservative, centre-right political party in Gibraltar *

Portuguese Social Democrats The Social Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Social Democrata, ; PSD) is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal. Commonly known by its colloquial initials PSD, on ballot papers its initials appear as its official form PPD/PSD, with the ...

, a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal *

Social Democrats of Montenegro The Social Democrats of Montenegro ( cnr, Socijaldemokrate Crne Gore / Социјалдемократе Црне Горе, SD CG), also known as the Social Democrats ( Montenegrin: Socijaldemokrate, Социјалдемократe, SD), is a cen ...

, a centre-left political party in Montenegro * Supporters of

social democracy Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

in general * Various parties using the name

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 For ...

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