Democratic Current

For the breakaway faction of Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party, see Party of the Democratic Revolution.

The Democratic Current (Arabic: التيّار الديمُقراطي, romanized: at-Tayyār ad-Dīmuqrāṭī) is a social-democratic political party in Tunisia that was founded in 2013.

Democratic Current التيار الديمقراطي
General Secretary	Nabil Hajij
Founder	Mohamed Abbou
Founded	30 May 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-30)
Headquarters	Rue de Marseille Tunis
Youth wing	Democratic Students Current
Ideology	Social democracy Arab nationalism Progressivism Pan-Arabism[1]
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Orange
Slogan	"Conscience, will, realization[1]"
Assembly of the Representatives of the People	0 / 161
Website
www.attayar.net[usurped]
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Foundation ceremony on 12 June 2013

The party was initiated by the former secretary-general of the Congress for the Republic, Mohamed Abbou^[2] who also served as deputy prime minister in the Jebali Cabinet until June 2012. It is committed to the project of realizing an "Arab federal state reuniting the Arab nations freed from the yoke of dictatorship".^[1]

After the 2019 Tunisian parliamentary election, the party agreed to form a parliamentary bloc with the People's Movement.^[3]

Election results

Parliamentary elections

Election	Leader	Party list		Seats
		#	%	#	±	Position
2014	Mohamed Abbou	66,396	1.95	3 / 217	3	7th
2019	Mohamed Abbou	183,464	6.42	22 / 217	19	4th

Municipal elections

Election	Leader	Party list		Seats
		#	%	#	±	Position
2018	Ghazi Chaouachi	75 619	4,19	205 / 7,212	205	3rd