Party of the Democratic Left (2005)

The Party of the Democratic Left (Slovak: Strana demokratickej ľavice, SDĽ) is a centre-left political party in Slovakia. It is the reformation of another party by the same name, which had been founded in 1990.

The original Party of the Democratic Left merged with Robert Fico's Direction – Social Democracy, which had itself split from the Party of the Democratic Left, on 31 December 2004. A new party was founded, and registered in May 2005. The party's current president is Jozef Ďurica.

In its first general election, in 2006, the party won 0.13% of the vote. In 2010 elections, the SDĽ won 2.41%, falling just under half of the 5% threshold for seats in the National Council.

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Official page (Slovak)

Political parties in Slovakia

In the National Council (150 seats)	Direction – Social Democracy (83) Christian Democratic Movement (16) Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (16) Most–Híd (13) Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (11) Freedom and Solidarity (11)

In the European Parliament (13 seats)	Direction – Social Democracy (4) Christian Democratic Movement (2) Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (2) Freedom and Solidarity (1) Most–Híd (1) Party of the Hungarian Community (1) New Majority (1) Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (1)

Extra-parliamentary parties	ASV Dawn DÚ Forward Hope HZD HZDS IDEA KČaS KDS KĽS KSS ĽB ĽS L'SNS LS Mission 21 NF NOSNP OKS OL PS RIS SDĽ SF SIEŤ SLNKO SĽS SNJ SNS S.O.S. SPS SP SPV-G3000 SRK SRS SZ ZRS Z-SNP ŽS ZSNS 99%

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Party of the Democratic Left (2005)

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