Democrat Party (Persia)
Democrat Party | |
|---|---|
Social Democratic Party | |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Persia[2] |
| Newspaper | |
| Ideology | |
Center-left | |
The Democrat Party (
middle-class intellectuals and stood for the separation of church and state.[3]
History
Initially an offshoot of the
Social Democratic Party, it severed direct ties with Baku and dropped "Social" from the name in deference to the conservative public. Its ideology, however, remained heavily borrowed from the old party.[3]
In 1918, the party split definitively into the Pro-Reorganization Democrats (
Bahar; and the Anti-Reorganization Democrats (Persian: دموکراتهای ضدتشکیلی, romanized: Demokrāthā-ye żedd-e taškīlī).[2]
Parliament election results
| Election | Seats | Quota[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count[5] | ± | % | ± | ||
| 1906 | 21 / 156
|
— | 13.46 | — | Minority as Social Democratic Party
|
| 1909 | 28 / 126
|
 7
|
22.22 | 8.76
|
Minority |
| 1914 | 51 / 115
|
23
|
44.34 | 22.12
|
Majority party Including 20 in coalition |
References
- ISBN 0-231-10350-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (October 28, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 199–202. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
- ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
- ^ a b آشنایی با تاریخ مجالس قانونگذاری در ایران دوره اول تا دوره شانزدهم [History of Legislatures in Iran (1285–1328)] (in Persian). Majlis Research Center. 2005 [1384]. pp. 19–20, 46–47, 68. Archived from the original on 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2016-10-15.