Democratic Conviction

The Democratic Conviction^[a] (Albanian: Partia Bindja Demokratike, BD) was a political party in Albania that was registered on April 23, 2019, belongs to the center-right political spectrum. Its coordinator is Astrit Patozi.^[6]

Democratic Conviction Partia Bindja Demokratike
Abbreviation	BD
Leader	Astrit Patozi
Founded	23 April 2019; 6 years ago (2019-04-23)
Split from	Democratic Party
Merged into	LZHK
Headquarters	Rruga Pjetër Bogdani, ndërtesa 13, hyrja 6/1,Tirana
Ideology	Conservatism Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Blue
National Assembly	0 / 140
Municipality	0 / 61
Website
Official website
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History

Democratic Conviction was created during the 2019 Albanian protests.^[7] It participated in the 2021 Albanian parliamentary election,^[8] winning 0.5% of the vote and no seats. They merged with LZHK on 31 January 2025.^[9]

Notes

1. News sources have reported on the party under various English names: Democratic Conviction Party or Democratic Obedience Party.^[1][2][3][4] However, on its own website, it has referred to itself in English as Democratic Conviction.^[5]