Labour Democratic Party

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Labour Democratic Party
Partito Democratico del Lavoro
SecretaryIvanoe Bonomi
PresidentMeuccio Ruini
FoundedSeptember 8, 1943 (1943-09-08)
DissolvedJanuary 31, 1948 (1948-01-31)
Preceded byItalian Reformist Socialist Party
Social Democracy (not legal predecessors)
Merged intoItalian Democratic Socialist Party (majority)
HeadquartersRome
NewspaperRicostruzione
IdeologySocial democracy
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationNational Liberation Committee (1943–1947)
National Democratic Union (1946–1948)
Colors  Pink

The Labour Democratic Party (

social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1943 as the heir of the defunct Italian Reformist Socialist Party, it was formed by members of the Italian Socialist Party who wanted to cooperate with the Italian Liberal Party, the heir of the Liberal Union, which governed Italy from the days of Giovanni Giolitti. Leading members of the party were Ivanoe Bonomi, Meuccio Ruini, and Enrico Molè
.

History

The party became one of the six members of the

Italian Liberal Party and pre-Fascist leading Liberal politicians, such as Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Francesco Saverio Nitti, some members joined the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, of which Bonomi was honorary chairman from 1947 until his death in 1951. Others joined the Italian Socialist Party, and the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Liberal Party
as independents.

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/– Leader
1946* 40,633 (#15) 0.18
9 / 556
Notes