The Democrat Party () was a

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in Qajari Persia, during the constitutional period. It was one of two major parliamentary parties at the time, along with the Moderate Socialists Party. It was largely composed of

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intellectuals and stood for the

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History

Initially an offshoot of the

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-based Social Democratic Party, it severed direct ties with

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and dropped "Social" from the name in deference to the conservative public. Its ideology, however, remained heavily borrowed from the old party. In 1918, the party split definitively into the ''Pro-Reorganization Democrats'' () led by Bahar; and the ''Anti-Reorganization Democrats'' ().

Parliament election results

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