Socialist Democracy (Spain)

Socialist Democracy (Spanish: Democracia Socialista, DS) was a Spanish political party of socialist ideology founded in 1990 by Ricardo García Damborenea, the ex-leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the province of Biscay.

Socialist Democracy Democracia Socialista
Leader	Ricardo García Damborenea
Secretary-General	Juan Vicente Alvarez Romero
Founded	1990
Headquarters	C/ Paseo del Prado, 14.1o.A, Madrid[1]
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Coalition for a New Socialist Party
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

History

The party was formed after García Damborenea was expelled from the PSOE for trying to create an "internal current" and "[parallel] structure" of the same name.^[2][3] In 1992 the party joined the Coalition for a New Socialist Party, which failed to gain any representation at the national or regional level.

Elections

• Andalusian regional election, 1990: 14,495 votes (0.53%).
• Basque regional election, 1990: 5.023 votos (0.49%).
• Valencian regional election, 1991: 5.207 votos (0.26%).
• Local elections, 1991: 8.747 votos (0.05%). 4 municipal councillors.