The Lebanese Democratic Party () is a political party in Lebanon established by Prince Talal Arslan and Marwan Abou Fadel in 2001. Prince Talal is the son of Lebanese Druze leader Emir Magid Arslan and has presided over the party ever since its establishment. The Lebanese Democratic Party is officially secular and has members from all Lebanese sects, but most of its support comes from the

Druze The Druze ( ; , ' or ', , '), who Endonym and exonym, call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (), are an Arabs, Arab Eastern esotericism, esoteric Religious denomination, religious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic ...

, who support the Arslan family. It is part of the March 8 Alliance. The party was represented in the

Lebanese parliament The Lebanese Parliament (, ) is the unicameral national parliament of the Lebanon, Republic of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in Electoral district, multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's divers ...

in 2000 and in 2009. In the General elections of 2009, Talal Arslan won a seat in the Parliament representing the '' Aley district'', and Fadi Awar the one representing the '' Baabda district''.

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