Union of People's Democracy

The Union of People's Democracy (Greek: Ένωση Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας, ΕΛΔ; Énosi Laikís Dimokratías, ELD) was a Greek political party, established in 1941, during the Nazi occupation. It took part in the group of political parties that formed the National Liberation Front (EAM). Leader of the party was Alexandros Svolos and general secretary was Ilias Tsirimokos.

Union of People's Democracy Ένωση Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας
President	Alexandros Svolos
General Secretary	Ilias Tsirimokos
Founded	1941
Dissolved	1953
Merged into	Democratic Party of Working people
Ideology	Socialism Anti-fascism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation	EAM
Politics of Greece Political parties Elections

After the occupation, changed its name into the Socialist Party – Union of People's Democracy (Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα – Ένωση Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας) and then collaborated with the Democratic Party of Working People (DKEL). In January 1950, the party issued its programme, which was printed by the party newspaper Machi ("battle"). With the publication of its programme, the party declared its participation in the Democratic Block that took part in the elections of March 5, 1950, where it provided 8 of 18 Members of Parliament coming from the block.

References

• Ilias Nikolakopoulos, «Κόμματα και Βουλευτικές Εκλογές στην Ελλάδα 1946-1964», Εθνικό Κέντρο Κοινωνικών Ερευνών, Αθήνα 2000 pp. 162 and 395.
• «Το πρόγραμμα του Σοσιαλιστικού Κόμματος ΕΛΔ» ELD party programme