Labour Party ( sk, Strana práce) also known as Social Democracy in Slovakia ( sk, Sociálna demokracia na Slovensku) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

in the post-World War II Slovakia. The party was formed in 1946 by Social Democrats who opposed cooperation with the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel ...

. In 1947 party were incorporated as autonomous regional branch to Czechoslovak Social Democracy.Visegrad Group - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia - Brief History of Slovakia
/ref> The most influential political figure was Ivan Dérer. In

1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 May 1946. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 300 seats (93 for the main party and 21 for its Slovak branch) with 38% of the vote. The Co ...

party got two mandates of 300 seats in

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...

and two mandates of 69 seats in

Slovak National Council The Slovak National Council ( sk, Slovenská národná rada (SNR)) was an organisation that was formed at various times in the 19th and 20th centuries to act as the highest representative of the Slovak nation. It originated in the mid-19th century ...

. After the

1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état In late February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia. It marked the onset of four decades of the party's rule in the country., sk, Február 1948) o ...

, the party was disbanded.

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