Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberalna demokracija Slovenije | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Tone Anderlič |
| Founded | 12 March 1994 |
| Merger of | Liberal Democratic Party Democratic Party Socialist Party of Slovenia Greens – Ecological Social Party |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana |
| Youth wing | Young Liberal Democracy |
| Ideology | Liberalism[1][2][3] Social liberalism[4] Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre[5] to centre-left[6] |
| National affiliation | LIDE-DeSUS-LDS |
| European affiliation | ALDE (formerly) |
| European Parliament group | ALDE (2004–2014) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International (formerly) |
| Colours | Light blue |
| National Assembly | 0 / 90 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 8 |
| Municipal council | 4 / 2,750 |
| Website | |
| http://www.lds.si | |
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Slovene: Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) is a social-liberal[7] political party in Slovenia. Between 1992 and 2004, it (and its main predecessor, the Liberal Democratic Party) was the largest (and ruling) party in the country. In the 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election, it failed to win entry to the Slovenian National Assembly. The party was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
The LDS dominated Slovenian politics during the first decade following independence. Except for a brief interruption in 2000, it held the parliamentary majority between 1994 and 2004, when it lost the election to the conservative Slovenian Democratic Party. The loss was followed by decline, infighting and political fragmentation. In the runup to the 2008 parliamentary election the LDS joined in an unofficial coalition with the Social Democrats and Zares, but lost nearly 80% of its seats, dropping from 23 to just 5 and becoming the smallest parliamentary party. In the 2011 parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, its support collapsed even further: it won only 1.48% of the vote, not reaching the parliamentary threshold of 4%.[8] It has not regained seats in parliament or a place as a major political force since, only retaining minor relevance at a local level in some municipalities.
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