Party of the Democratic Left (Czech Republic)
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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
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
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)


See also

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Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) The Party of the Democratic Left ( sk, 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 1 ...
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Party of Democratic Socialism (Czech Republic) The Party of Democratic Socialism ( cs, Strana demokratického socialismu; SDS) was a democratic socialist political party in the Czech Republic. It was a founding member party of the Party of the European Left. The party has its name since Dece ...


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