Party of Democratic Socialism (Czech Republic)

Party of Democratic Socialism Strana demokratického socialismu
Leader	Milan Neubert
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Holečkova 8, Prague
Ideology	Democratic socialism Anti-Stalinism Anti-capitalism Direct democracy Feminism
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	Party of the European Left
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Colours	Red, Green
Website
www.sds.cz
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The Party of Democratic Socialism (Czech: Strana demokratického socialismu) is a democratic socialist political party in the Czech Republic. It is a founding member party of the Party of the European Left.

The party has its name since December 1997. It's the political unification of SDL (Party of the Democratic Left) and LB (Left Block) that took place in June 1997. In the beginning the party had the name LB-SDL.

In Czech Senate and municipal elections, 2014 party cooperated in coallitions with Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia.

External links

• Official website

Political parties in the Czech Republic
Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.
Chamber of Deputies 2013 (200 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (50) ANO 2011 (48) Communist Party (33) TOP 09 (20) Civic Democratic Party (16) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (14) Dawn - National Coalition (7) Mayors and Independents (4) Freedom and Direct Democracy (3) Mayors for Liberec Region (1) Order of Nation (1) without party affiliation (3)
Senate 2016 (81 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (19) Civic Democratic Party (9) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (8) SLK (2) Party of Civic Rights (2) Green Party (2) Občané pro Budějovice (1) Hnutí pro Prahu 11 (1) Communist Party (1) Občané patrioti (1) Severočeši.cz (1) STAN (1) TOP 09 (1) non-affiliated (31) pending result (1)
European Parliament 2014 (21 seats)	ANO 2011 (4) TOP 09+STAN (4) Czech Social Democratic Party (4) Communist Party (3) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (3) Civic Democratic Party (2) Party of Free Citizens (1)
Other parties	Czech Pirate Party Crown of Bohemia National Socialists – 21st Century Left National Democracy Czech Sovereignty Workers' Party of Social Justice Czech National Social Party
Sources Chamber of Deputies Senate Statistical Office Politics of the Czech Republic Politics portal List of political parties by country