The Party of the Democratic Left ( cs, Strana demokratické levice, SDL) was a democratic-socialist

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 political ideology ...

in the

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from 1990 to 1997. From 1992 to 1994, SDL was a member of a coalition called Left Bloc (''Levý blok'') that gained 14.05% in the

1992 Czech legislative election Czech National Council, National Council elections were held in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia on 5 and 6 June 1992,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 alongside 1992 Czechoslovakian parliamenta ...

and 14.27% in the

1992 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Federal elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 5 and 6 June 1992,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 alongside elections for the Czech and Slovak Assemblies. The result was a victory for the Ci ...

. They did not form a part of the government. On 21 June 1997, party dissolved and merged into Party of Democratic Socialism.

Name changes

* Democratic Left of the ČSFR (9 April 1990) * Party of the Democratic Left (1993)

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{{Authority control Socialist parties in the Czech Republic Political parties established in 1990 Political parties disestablished in 1997 Defunct political parties in the Czech Republic

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