People's Democratic Party (Trinidad and Tobago)

People's Democratic Party
AbbreviationDLP
LeaderBhadase Sagan Maraj
FounderBhadase Sagan Maraj
Founded1953 (1953)[1]
Dissolved1957 (1957)
Succeeded by
17 parties
HeadquartersChamp Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago[2]
Labor wingAll Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union (de facto)
Religious wingSanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (de facto)
IdeologyLabourism
Civic nationalism
Anti-communism
Social conservatism
Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian civil rights
Hindu and Muslim religious rights[1]
Political positionBig tent
Regional affiliationWest Indies Democratic Labour Party (1957)
Colors Yellow
Election symbol
Wheel

  1. ^ Democratic Liberation Party; not to be confused with the Democratic Labour Party

The People's Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago formed in 1953. Under the leadership of Bhadase Sagan Maraj it contested the 1956 General Elections, capturing 5 of 24 elected seats in the Legislative Council and 20.3% of the vote. In 1957 it joined the Federal Democratic Labour Party and later co-founded the Trinidad and Tobago Democratic Labour Party, together with the Trinidad Labour Party and the Party of Political Progress Groups.

  1. ^ a b Malik, Yogendra Kuma (1966). The Democratic Labor Party of Trinidad: An attempt at the formation of a mass party in a multi-ethnic society (PhD thesis). University of Florida.
  2. ^ "List of political parties and their symbols" (PDF). ebctt.com.