Democrat Party (Persia)
Democrat Party | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary leader | Hassan Taqizadeh[1] |
| Executive secretary | Haydar Khan Amo-oghli[2] |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Preceded by | Social Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Persia[1] |
| Newspaper | |
| Ideology | |
Democrat Party (Persian: فرقه دموکرات) was a social democrat political party in Qajari Persia and one of the two major parties of the constitutional period alongside its parliamentary rival Moderate Socialists Party.[1]
Initially an offshoot of the Transcaucasia-based Social Democratic Party, it severed direct ties with Baku and dropped "Socialist" of the name in deference to the conservative publicm but heavily borrowed ideology from the old party.[2] It mainly composed of middle-class intellectuals and stood the separation of church and state.[2]
In 1918, the party had split definitively to Pro-Reorganization Democrats (Persian: دموکراتهای تشکیلی, translit. Demokrāthā-ye taškīlī) led by Bahar; and Anti-Reorganization Democrats (Persian: دموکراتهای ضدتشکیلی, translit. Demokrāthā-ye żedd-e taškīlī).[1]
Parliament election results
| Election | Seats | Quota[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count[3] | ± | % | ± | ||
| 1906 | 21 / 156 |
N/A | 13.46 | N/A | Minority as Social Democratic Party |
| 1909 | 28 / 126 |
 7 |
22.22 | 8.76 |
Minority |
| 1914 | 51 / 115 |
23 |
44.34 | 22.12 |
Majority party Including 20 in coalition |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (October 28, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 199–202. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 103–105. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
- 1 2 آشنایی با تاریخ مجالس قانونگذاری در ایران دوره اول تا دوره شانزدهم [History of Legislatures in Iran (1285–1328)] (in Persian). Majlis Research Center. 2005 [1384]. pp. 19–20, 46–47, 68.
