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Party of the Democratic Left

Strana demokratickej ľavice
Party of the Democratic Left Strana demokratickej ľavice
Leader	Peter Weiss (1991–1996); Jozef Migaš (1996–2001); Pavel Koncoš (2001–2002); Ľubomír Petrák (2002–2004)
Founder	Peter Weiss
Founded	22 November 1990
Dissolved	31 December 2004
Preceded by	Communist Party of Slovakia
Merged into	Direction–Social Democracy
Headquarters	Bratislava
Ideology	Social democracy; Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1990–1991); Common Choice (1994–1997)
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
European Parliament group	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Pink
Party flag
	Politics of Slovakia; Political parties; Elections;

The Party of the Democratic Left (Slovak: Strana demokratickej ľavice, SDĽ) was a social-democratic political party in Slovakia from 1990 to 2004. It was founded in 1990 out of the Communist Party of Slovakia.

History

At the party congress on 14 December 1991 in Trenčín, the congress adopted new party constitution and decided to leave federation of Communist Party of Czecho-Slovakia, due to disputes with the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and changing situation in the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic. Congress reconfirmed Peter Weiss as party chairman.

From 1994 to 1997, SDĽ was a member of a coalition called "Common Choice" (Spoločná voľba) that gained 10.18% (18 seats) in the Slovak parliament. They did not form a part of the government. Since the 2002 elections, it has had no seat in the Slovak legislature. It was a member of the Party of European Socialists and the Socialist International.^[1]

On 4 December 2004, the party membership voted to merge with Direction – Social Democracy from 1 January 2005. The latter party had broken off from the SDL five years earlier.

Election results

National Council

Year	Leader	Vote	Vote %	Place	Seats	Government
1992	Peter Weiss	453,203	14.7	2nd	29 / 150	No
1994	Peter Weiss	299,469	10.4	2nd	18 / 150	No
1998	Jozef Migaš	492,507	14.7	3rd	23 / 150	SDK–SDĽ–SMK–SOP
2002	Pavel Koncoš	39,163	1.4	12th	0 / 150	Extra-parliamentary

Name changes

Communist Party of Slovakia (succeeding Communist Party of Slovakia) (22. 11. 1990)
Communist Party of Slovakia – Party of the Democratic Left (12. 2. 1991)
Party of the Democratic Left (1. 2. 1992)

References

^ ^a ^b Koudelka, Zdeněk (14 February 1997). "Současná slovenská politika" (PDF). Politologický časopis (in Czech): 199–200. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ Zábojník, Oldřich (10 July 2000). "Migaš slibuje demokratický socialismus". ihned.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ Kiss, Yudit (1997). The Defence Industry in East-Central Europe: Restructuring and Conversion. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-19-829280-5.
^ Harry Harmer (1999). The Longman Companion to the Labour Party, 1900–1998. Routledge. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-317-88349-4.

External links

Official web site (in Slovak)

[Koudelka1997-1] Koudelka, Zdeněk (14 February 1997). "Současná slovenská politika" (PDF). Politologický časopis (in Czech): 199–200. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[2] Zábojník, Oldřich (10 July 2000). "Migaš slibuje demokratický socialismus". ihned.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[3] Kiss, Yudit (1997). The Defence Industry in East-Central Europe: Restructuring and Conversion. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-19-829280-5.

[Harmer1999-4] Harry Harmer (1999). The Longman Companion to the Labour Party, 1900–1998. Routledge. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-317-88349-4.

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