Social Democratic Party: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

There are a large number of political parties named the Social Democratic Party:

• Albania - Social Democratic Party
• Andorra - Social Democratic Party
• Austria - Social Democratic Party of Austria
• Brazil - Social Democratic Party of Brazil
• Croatia - Social Democratic Party of Croatia
• Czech Republic - Czech Social Democratic Party
• Denmark, Social Democracy
• East Timor - Social Democratic Party
• Estonia - Social Democratic Party
• Finland - Finnish Social Democratic Party
• Germany - Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Gibraltar - Gibraltar Social-Democrats
• Japan - Social Democratic Party
• Latvia - Social Democratic Party
• Portugal - Social Democratic Party
• Romania - Social Democratic Party
• Russia - Social Democratic Party of Russia
• Rwanda - Social Democratic Party
• Serbia and Montenegro - Social Democratic Party
• Sweden - Swedish Social Democratic Party
• Switzerland - Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
• Tunisia - Movement of Social Democrats
• United Kingdom - Social Democratic Party (UK), Social Democratic Federation
• United States - Social Democratic Party of Virginia
• Latin American - Socialist Democratic Liberal Party

Broadly speaking, a political party which identifies itself by the name Social Democratic Party may be considered as espousing the principles of Social Democracy, but the Portuguese and Gibraltarian parties are regarded as exceptions to this rule.

• The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was a historical Russian party that later became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

See also: Democratic Party, Democratic Socialist Party, Socialist Party, List of political parties, Social Democrat